Almost all, if not all, college applications require a personal essay.
Students: listen up!
This
is your chance to let the admissions officers get to know you. Tell
them something about yourself that they cannot glean from your
application, transcript, or resume.
Admissions
officers read thousands of essays. Please give them something
interesting that most of the other applicants didn't already say.
Some comments made by admissions officers at our recent college visit: