| There are some common mistakes made by college | | | | local library. Try to find out what the topics were for a |
| applicants when trying to make their college admission | | | | year or two prior to your application year and this |
| essay a good one. I managed to figure out how to | | | | might give you an edge with coming up with your own |
| write a standout college admissions essay that helped | | | | college essay ideas even before the college or |
| me get into three Ivy League colleges. As a former | | | | university announces their current college application |
| recruiter for Yale University, I remember the reactions | | | | essay topics. Although the questions may change |
| from admissions officers as they read a good college | | | | slightly, the general themes discussed will remain the |
| essay versus an average one. I would say that there | | | | same, after all, in a good college essay one year, is a |
| are six mistakes that are the most common and | | | | good college essay any year. |
| potentially the most deadly to college applicants who | | | | Doing your homework, or in this case, online research, |
| want to get into Ivy League colleges or other | | | | will help you tailor your essay to the specific |
| universities during the college admission process that | | | | universities you target during the college application |
| result in major blunders. One mistake I saw was: | | | | process.You probably will not need to write a |
| submitting a generic application. | | | | completely different essay for each application, but it |
| Read each college application essay topic and try to | | | | needs to appear that you did so that each college or |
| put it into the context of the individual colleges. You | | | | university feels like you are taking them seriously (and |
| can easily research a college's history online or at your | | | | indeed you should be). |