On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice - Hardcover

Bauld, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060550767 ISBN 13: 9780060550769

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1987

Synopsis

Offers inside information by a former Ivy League admissions officer on achieving college acceptance based heavily on a well written application essay

About this title

From the Back Cover:

What does an admissions officer look for in a college application essay?

You. It's that simple. There's no formula, no trick, no strategy, says Harry Bauld, a former Ivy League admissions officer. But with acceptance rates at all-time lows, just being yourself in an essay means understanding your readers and the unique form in which you are writing. In this fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to writing the best essay of your life, Bauld reveals the big clichés (The Trip, The Jock, Miss America, Pet Death) and helps you discover ways to come alive on the page as a real person instead of applicant number 13,791.

About the Author:

Harry Bauld has been a writer, teacher, and speaker for thirty years. He has worked in admissions and college counseling at high schools and universities, including Brown and Columbia, and is currently an English teacher at Horace Mann School in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0060550767
• ISBN 13: 9780060550769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138