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college-essay

November 30, 2020

We Are Unable to Offer You a Place at Yale Because Your Essay Read Like the Closing Narration of a Teen Rom-Com

by Amelia Tait
October 27, 2020

College Application Essay Prompts For the 2020-2021 Cycle

by Eric Shan
November 1, 2018

Samples of College Admissions Essays Freely Available for Applicants to Build Upon

by John Moe
October 10, 2018

My Common App Essay: “Every School Reading This Except Dartmouth Sucks Ass”

by Ben Hayslett
November 6, 2015

Sure, It Would Be Terrible, But Imagine the College Essay You Could Write

by Hannah Murphy
September 19, 2014

A Generic College Paper

by Jon Wu

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July 13, 2021

Nobody Wants to Be a Serf Anymore

by Andrew Singleton
July 14, 2021

Dear HR: What Skin Color Emoji Am I Supposed to Use?

by Zoe Sadozai Malik
July 22, 2021

The European Men’s Beach Volleyball Disciplinary Commission Defends Its Banana Hammock Rule

by Robert Rooney
July 22, 2021

Apologies Women Need to Make (Sorry, It’s True!)

by Rachel Reyes

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July 28, 2021

James Caan: A Guided Sleep Meditation

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Do You Have a Toddler or Is Your House Haunted by the Ghost of the Widow of an 1800s Sea Captain?

by Lucy Huber
July 27, 2021

I’m the Guy Who Wears Jeans in the Summer, and You’ll Never Get Me to Admit That I’m Burning Up

by Graeme Carey