Probably the single most important essay a student will ever write, the college essays gets sent to admissions offices never to be seen again.

The mission of Best College Essays is to exhume these diamonds in the rough, destined to be discarded as soon as the process is over, and expose them to the light of day, in an effort to mark, showcase, and honor this often overlooked rite of passage.

A byproduct of this worthy goal is that this book provides a plethora of high-quality examples of what a college essay can be or do, for generations of college-bound students to come.

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