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141. How to Write College Supplemental Essays (Why Us, Community & More) | Princeton Grad Explains

141. How to Write College Supplemental Essays (Why Us, Community & More) | Princeton Grad Explains5 days ago23 min
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Struggling with your college supplemental essays? In this episode, Elliott Eglash, a Princeton English graduate who also studied nonfiction writing at Columbia, share practical, step-by-step tips for the “Why Us,” “Why Major,” community, intellectual vitality, and disagreement essays. Elliott has helped students write their college essays for 10 years. He explains what admissions officers actually want from supplemental essays, how to avoid generic answers, and how to write authentic essays that stand out at Yale, Stanford, Princeton, and other highly selective colleges.