Title: The Almighty Essay
Pages Read: 2 internet pages
Time read: 5 minutes
I think college essays are stupid. I mean I get the fact that there are a ton of students with high SAT scores and like 4.8 GPA's so they all look the same to the deans on board's of administration. But the best way to solve this problem is not with an essay. Because honestly I don't think writing is that important. And a lot of careers really don't involve writing at all. A lot of kids aren't experienced with writing.
As for the paper it didn't really change my opinion at all. I already knew all of this and the paper wasn't really informative it wasn't persuasive, it was just the author rambling on about his opinion. The only thing the article really pointed out to me was the following quote.
"Factors like recommendations from teachers and guidance counselors and extracurricular activities trail far behind."
I think that teacher recommendations and extracurricular activities have a lot to do with college applications. It shows if a student is hard-working. Some people say that you could do all this after-school stuff but not do anything and stand there and do nothing- well the leader of that activity would probably kick you out if you didn't do anything. And as for a teacher recommendation- how do you cheat that?
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