Category: College

Writing the college admission essay

The do's and don'ts of writing an admission essay from a foreign perspective.

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Let me start with a little introduction. In 2010 I was about to graduate from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw (engineer degree - sort of bachelor degree but fancier) and I decided that I will apply to a few of ivy league schools - my grades were not outstanding, my English not perfect and financially it was impossible without scholarship but I thought, what the heck, I will try anyway. In Poland when we apply for a college we have to take some exams - basically what we do is we…