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Cover by Russell Pierce  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction  \nEssays By Former Students  \nHang Ups, Brock Csira  \nBetter to Be Kind, Alex Segall Call Me Crazy, Brooks Johnson Window Dressing, Dylan Somerset A Small World, Duncan Lynd My Little Secret, Ava Eastman Trash Talk, Reece Barton  \nLeaping Dancer, Gabrielle Mark Bachoua Sisters, Jack Wyett  \nSkating Through Hard Times, Luc Stevens The In Vitro Life, Ashlyn Alter  \nTaking Orders, Alex Amato  \nAgainst the Current, Ruth Mendoza A Swimmingly Good Idea, Weston Barnes  \nWalk On, Hannah Clifton The Grill Master, Mitchell Wills City Girl, Anna Heitmann Two Moms, Alex Hunt  \nHip, Hip Hurrah!, Paige Greenwood Cheesecake, Margarita Federova Bessie, Emma Barker  \nThe Last Laugh, Chase Williams Time to Move On, Clara Ross Writer’s Block, Connor McCombs  \nSomething to Smile About, Meriel Caressa  \nJust Play, Maya Keces Anonymous, Fearless  \nOutside the Lines, Cassidy Robinson Modern Day Magic, Anthony Amato Coming Full Circle, Carolyn Bai That Takes the Cake, Duncan Lynd Standing Up, Cassidy Robinson  \nFamily First, Chloe Mansour Crow, Annabel Pascal Soul Seeker, Emma Barker Standing Tall, Katie Hill A Good Read, Rian Atherton  \nIn A Positive Light, John-Paul Wollam Sisters Forever, Sarah Sandler The Next Best Thing, Caden Robinson  \nEssays By Students Not My Clients  \nDriving Lessons, Sarita Chu  \nThe Day I Bullied My Mother, Francis Mejia The Kiss, Nathan Selinger  \nThe Gift, Cassandra Pruitt Overflow, Eleasha Chew  \nScratch Guru, Andrew Yang I Scream for Ice Cream, Annie Beier Piping Up, Hebani Duggal  \nHow Do You Feel About That?, Amelia Karlin Taming the Beast, Martina Pansze  \nAcknowledgments  \nINTRODUCTION  \n(back to top)  \nThe best way to learn to write a college application essay is to read what others have written. That’s what I tell all my students. By reading excellent examples of narrative-style essays like these, you quickly can understand why this storytelling style is so effective.  \nThe main reason? You want to read them. Slice-of-life narratives include real-life stories that draw the reader into the essay, and along the way, paint an intriguing picture of what the student is all about.  \nBy relating personal experiences and meaningful moments, the writers reveal how they feel and think, what they care about and their goals and dreams. This is exactly what a college wants to learn about you.  \nWritten by real students, this essay collection also can give you an idea of topics that make the best essays. Many of these writers started the essay process believing they had nothing special that set them apart or would make a winning topic. And as you will see, they were all wrong.  \nI can almost guarantee that once you read a few of these essays, a light bulb will go off in your head and you will think,“That person wrote her college essay about that random topic, and she got into that amazing college? Wow!”  \nIf you need more proof that narrative essays can help you land in your top-choice schools, check out where the authors of these essays got in: Harvard, UCLA, Penn, NYU, Cornell, USC, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Cal Poly Obispo (SLO), Carnegie Mellon, U. of Washington, U. of Oregon, Boston University, U. of Arizona, Penn State, U. of Colorado, Tulane, and many more. As well as a slew of terrific liberal arts and other colleges: Smith, Williams,  \nBrown, Boston College, University of San Francisco, Hendrix, University of Puget Sound, Middlebury, Loyola Marymount, Whitman, Haverford, SCAD, etc.  \nNeed I say more? 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