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The best college admissions essay is one only you can write

Poynter · Roy Peter Clark · last updated

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For more than 40 years, I have coached high school students and their teachers on the craft of the personal essay, especially the one that might help a senior gain admission to the college of their hopes and dreams.

I offer this service free of charge, an expression of a kind of mission to create a more literate society. Some families pay plenty for tutors who specialize in college admissions, or lean on ghostwriters, or — in the age of AI — depend on writing robots.

 

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