U.S. News has compiled several college essay examples that helped students get into school. Shared by admissions staff or referenced from admissions websites, these essays stand out, they say ...

Recent Harvard University graduate Soa Andrian used one of her childhood memories as a jumping-off point on her college admissions essay ... the University of Miami, MIT, Northwestern, UPenn ...

Her admissions essay hightlighted her personality ... Columbia Business School, Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University, the University of ...