college admission essays

[jimotis4heisman]

this is an article and section that a group of college presidents had to answer their own essays. the link includes a story and the links to all of the presidents essays. pretty cool the ones ive read.

Holding College Chiefs to Their Words - WSJ.com

Read the Essays

• Barnard College's Debora Spar on daily routines
• Carleton College's Robert A. Oden Jr. on getting lost -- and found -- in Cairo
• Grinnell College's Russell K. Osgood on a historical figure that has influenced him.
• Oberlin College's Marvin Krislov on a historical figure that has influenced him.
• Pomona College's David Oxtoby on an experience that was 'just plain fun'
• Reed College's Colin Diver on an experience in diversity
• The University of Chicago's Robert J. Zimmer on "Living the Question"
• University of Pennsylvania's Amy Gutmann on her autobiography
• Vassar College's Catharine Hill on an influential person in her life
• Wesleyan University's Michael S. Roth on an influential person in his life

 

[BoxCar_Willie]

Kind of off topic but along the same lines.

I graduated HS in 94 and it was the infancy of the state standard testing for HS graduation. We had to write an essay about who in history we would like to spend an entire day with and why.

I wrote about how I'd like to spend the day with several supermodels and take them on a trip to a nude beach.

I was one of 5 students in my graduating class of 400 that got and Outstanding on the essay.

 

[xcrunner]

• The University of Chicago's Robert J. Zimmer on "Living the Question"

..I had to do that one :<

And the "influential person in your life" a few times.

 

[Mac]

I had to write about what famous/historical person I would spend a day with for my admissions into tOSU

 

[fourteenandoh]

i only applied to schools that didn't have essays.

 

[Mac]

i only applied to schools that didn't have essays.

Well OSU was the only school I was applying to so it was either do the essays or not go to college :)

 

[fourteenandoh]

Well OSU was the only school I was applying to so it was either do the essays or not go to college :)

i didn't do any essays for OSU but i think it was because i transferred in.

 

[brodybuck21]

Yeah I dont remember doing any essays and I applied to OSU and Ohio Northern. Of course I have been known to partake in some 420 sessions so maybe my memory is a bit hazy....

 

[jimotis4heisman]

I had to write about what famous/historical person I would spend a day with for my admissions into tOSU

who did you pick as your person?

 

[buckeyebri]

who did you pick as your person?

My daughter had to write these types of essays for applications this year. It was actually pretty interesting to read them.

For me, all I can say is when I applied to OSU we didn't have to write no stickin essay....

 

[OHSportsFan]

I've had to do a few of these throughout my life...high school (for practice) and for a couple of the colleges I applied to. Besides the aforementioned ones,a famous/historical person I'd like to meet/spend a day with or an influential figure in my life, I once had to do one on what time period I would most like to go back and observe/live in.

When I was in 7th grade I did one of these type of papers on Woody Hayes.

 

[Mac]

who did you pick as your person?

I believe I wrote it about Abraham Lincoln. I have a copy of my whole application somewhere around here though.