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[|Personal Essay] [|NPR's "This I Believe" Essays] [|Sample College Essay Questions] [|U Chicago past prompts]

Sample College Application Essays: [| College Essay] Admissions Officers tell what they like/dislike
 * [|Princeton sample college application essay]
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 * [|Wellesley sample college application essay]
 * [|Harvard sample college application essay]
 * [|Stanford sample college application essay]
 * [|Excellent sample college application essay #6]
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 * [|Conn College Essays That Worked]

http://vadelmage.wikispaces.com/College+Essay+%26+Personal+Statement+Unit [|Carleton College Tips on Essay Writing] [|US World and News 10 Tips for Writing the College Essay] [|Essay Topics]

[|Great First Lines from Stanford College Essays]

[| Common App Website]

[| Spellbound Guide] [| Coming Home Again Writing Spur]
 * [|Michigan's 2009 Essay Questions][[image:http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pix/spacer.gif width="20" height="12"]]
 * [[image:http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pix/f/web.gif link="http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/mod/resource/view.php?id=36807"]][| Tips for Writing the College Essay - Michigan]

Resources for Applying to College
 * [[image:http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pix/spacer.gif width="20" height="12"]][[image:http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pix/f/pdf.gif link="http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/mod/resource/view.php?id=36721"]][| Info for Letters of Recommendation]