College essays that made a difference - Princeton Review 2010
Editor’s note
Though it goes without saying, don’t plagiarize the essays in this book. Your response must be in your own words. We encourage you to note words, structures, and themes that you really like, but do not copy phrases, whole sentences, or paragraphs. If you’re caught plagiarizing you won’t get into college at all. It’s just wrong.
1 Five students wished to remain anonymous in this edition. Their profiles can be found at the end of this section.
2 We indicate the scale a student’s high school GPA is on if the student has informed us that it is not on the 4.00 scale. If they have informed us that their GPA is weighted, we also indicate that.