Admissions Decisions

Admissions Decisions

Share this post

Admissions Decisions
Admissions Decisions
Improving Your College Essay Writing

Improving Your College Essay Writing

Level 5 - Ivy League

Admissions Decisions's avatar
Admissions Decisions
Dec 07, 2023
∙ Paid
1

Share this post

Admissions Decisions
Admissions Decisions
Improving Your College Essay Writing
Share

Welcome back! Previously, we discussed the need for personal statements and essays to avoid regurgitating resumes and instead to actually present a story with facts included. 

If you missed that article, you can read it below:

Storytelling - The Key to a Good Application Essay

Admissions Decisions
·
November 27, 2023
Storytelling - The Key to a Good Application Essay

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Before we get started, we have received some questions about scholarships. While scholarship searches should be individualistic, we will provide a few scholarships with upcoming deadlines. If you have service background specifically focused on fighting hunger, the

Read full story

Based on the feedback we received from several of you all, we have decided to provide real life examples from some of the students that we work with to highlight the practical differences. 

This is intended to be a highly practical exercise, so we will cut straight to it. For the sake of privacy, we have tweaked some of the names of the extracurriculars but kept the gist of what was accomplished.

Here’s a sample resume:

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Admissions Decisions to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Admissions Decisions
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share