50 Successful Ivy League Application Essays

Focus on One or Two Major Things
“My best piece of advice would have to be to be genuine, go into detail, 
and focus on one or two major things, not every little thing you’re involved 
in. I remember going to a workshop where people read their essays for discus-
sion and a lot of them were more like lists. The ones that stood out were the 
ones that had a single passion and really explained it and gave an in depth 
perspective. Don’t highlight what you think they’ll like, highlight what you 
like because that will sound the best to them, if you do it right.”
—Anonymous, MIT