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ESSAY - What do colleges want to see, anyway?
Colleges want eager, hard-working students who have distinct strengths and the ability to
work past weaknesses; they want students who are positive, passionate, and principled; they
want students who will be an active part of society when they graduate. Most importantly,
they want a student who happens to possess these qualities rather than one who unwillingly
takes them on or fakes them for the sole purpose of gaining admission into a certain school.
But the essay isn't necessarily meant to list off these qualities, one-two-three. Rather,
it's just an opportunity for you to reveal your personality to the admissions board - something that doesn't come across in transcripts and test scores. Then, when they
see a little bit of who you are as a person, they can piece together all the information
they have about you to see if you are someone who would be likely to have the qualities
mentioned above./
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