50 Successful Ivy League Application Essays

  How can you tell if a student’s essay is authentic?
A:
 You look at their critical reading score. If they have a low critical 
reading and writing score and an essay that looks like it’s written by a 
college professor or if the essay sounds like a very sophisticated person 
wrote it and the recommendations don’t present the same image, these 
can be a red flag. For many years, there’s been an understanding that 
students in a certain income bracket get coached. If you do nothing, 
you’re putting yourself at risk. remember though it’s fine to have some-
one read your essay and give feedback on how it flows. It’s not fine to 
have someone read your essay and do line by line edits. That would 
present you in a way that doesn’t line up.
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