Sunday, December 14, 2008

The College Essay: Yogurt Edition

What flavor are you?

Chris S. a student at MIT, class of '11, describes the college essay as a fruity snack: "I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors either yields blissful joy, or, sometimes, yucky disappointment." 

Aside from offerieng insightful advice on the admission proess, Chris' approach is unique, artistic, and perhaps, delicious. His blog includes various pieces, most notably, the story of the hard working student in the form of, you guessed it, graphic novel. 

When words are not enough...

check this out.

http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/when_words_are_not_enough.shtml

- terence

 

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