wmorgan comments on Admissions Essay Help? - Less Wrong

5 Post author: OnTheOtherHandle 01 August 2012 07:19PM

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Comment author: wmorgan 01 August 2012 08:29:32PM *  5 points [-]

The article you linked talks a little bit about modeling admissions officers. One nonobvious thing to consider:

There's a very good chance that the only person who will ever read your college essay is 25 years old.

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/05/how_to_write_a_college_applica.html

Some unsolicited advice: private universities are way overpriced right now, and 17- & 18-year-olds are regularly encouraged to take on massive nondischargable debt in a way that many consider exploitive. Stanford's tuition broke $40K this year...have a plan, is all.

Comment author: OnTheOtherHandle 03 August 2012 05:45:19PM 0 points [-]

Yikes, good point. Especially if I'm going to study something like engineering, which is going to be pretty similar across most colleges, it might not even be worth the money. My parents are also pushing me into this, though, and they would be perfectly willing to help out financially, even if it would wound my pride not to be able to take care of that myself.