Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college applicationthe personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In this 5th edition ofCollege Essays that Made a Difference, you'll find:*; 114 real essays written by 90 unique college hopefuls applying to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and other top schoolsalong with each applicant's test scores, GPA, demographic information, and where they ultimately got in*; A special section with writing tips and the most common grammatical mistakes that students make on their essays*; Insider advice from with admissions pros at Amherst College, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, University of Virginia, Yale University, and moreThis fifth edition includes application essays written by students who enrolled at the following colleges:Amherst CollegeBard CollegeBarnard CollegeBoston CollegeBrown UniversityBryn Mawr CollegeCalifornia Institute of TechnologyClaremont McKenna CollegeCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDuke UniversityFranklin W. Olin College ofEngineeringGeorgetown UniversityHarvard CollegeMassachusetts Institute ofTechnologyMiddlebury CollegeNew College of FloridaNew York UniversityNorthwestern UniversityPomona CollegePrinceton UniversityRice UniversitySmith CollegeStanford UniversitySwarthmore CollegeUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of PennsylvaniaWashington and Lee UniversityWellesley CollegeWesleyan UniversityYale University