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References

Every student essay quoted in the course, in full, with its source and the modules that quote it. Everything shown in the course as weak writing was written by us and is not here.

Personal statements

• House of Dreams

  Published in the New York Times  ·  Modules 2, 3 and 4

• Water Break

  Admitted to Harvard  ·  Published in the New York Times  ·  Modules 2 and 5

• The Heart of the Matter

  Published in the New York Times  ·  Module 2

• Living on Water

  Published in the New York Times  ·  Module 4

• Jackie May

  Published in the New York Times  ·  Module 4

• E Pluribus Unum

  Published in the New York Times  ·  Module 4

• Be Yourselves

  Admitted to Harvard and Stanford  ·  Module 2

• Morfar

  Admitted to Harvard  ·  Modules 2 and 4

• Bluebelle on the Water

  Admitted to Yale  ·  Module 2

• Toilet Paper Alarm

  Admitted to Princeton, Columbia, and Duke  ·  Modules 1 and 4

• Live First, Photograph Second

  Admitted to Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford  ·  Module 2

• Aces

  Admitted to Columbia  ·  Module 4

• In the Shadow of my Piano Teacher

  Admitted to Brown  ·  Modules 2, 4 and 5

• Tetris

  Admitted to Penn  ·  Modules 1, 4 and 5

• Fire

  Admitted to Stanford  ·  Module 2

• Cheese Dumplings

  Admitted to UChicago  ·  Module 1

• Lessons from Shakespeare

  Admitted to Vanderbilt  ·  Module 4

• A Night at the Opera

  Admitted to Carnegie Mellon  ·  Modules 2 and 4

Supplements

• Columbia Supplement D

  Prompt type: Why Us? / Why You?  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 6

• Columbia Supplement F

  Prompt type: The Academic Interest Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• UChicago Supplement A

  Prompt type: Why Us? / Why You?  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 6

• Stanford Supplement C

  Prompt type: Miscellaneous / The Academic Interest Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 2

• Brown Supplement A

  Prompt type: Describe an Extracurricular  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• Brown Supplement B

  Prompt type: The Academic Interest Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Modules 2 and 6

• Brown Supplement D

  Prompt type: The Community Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• Notre Dame Supplement B

  Prompt type: Miscellaneous  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 4

• Vanderbilt Supplement A

  Prompt type: Describe an Extracurricular  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• Vanderbilt Supplement C

  Prompt type: Describe an Extracurricular  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• Rice Supplement A

  Prompt type: The Academic Interest Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Modules 2 and 6

• Rice Supplement C

  Prompt type: The Community Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• Emory Supplement B

  Prompt type: The Community Essay  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

• University of Southern California Supplement A

  Prompt type: Why Us? / Why You?  ·  From an admitted file  ·  Module 7

Johns Hopkins, Essays That Worked

• 20 Questions

  By Benjamin  ·  Published by the university  ·  Module 2

• And the Secret Ingredient is…

  By Mathias  ·  Published by the university  ·  Module 1

• From Yonkers to Accra

  By Ansley  ·  Published by the university  ·  Module 2