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Essay First Impressions

Posted by Sarah Ziegler on October 9th, 2008 in Articles of Interest

First impressions, in person and on paper, set the tone for what’s to come, and in college essay writing, they help readers anticipate what they’ll learn about an applicant in the subsequent 480 or so words. What ultimately makes an essay successful is its ability to capture the authentic voice and personality of its writer.

Stanford Magazine recently published an accumulation of memorable first lines written by undergraduate admissions applicants, everything from the very succinct (“I have old hands.”) to the very unexpected (“Unlike many mathematicians, I live in an irrational world; I feel that my life is defined by a certain amount of irrationalities that bloom too frequently, such as my brief foray in front of 400 people without my pants.”).

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