3
Colleges
3
Q&As
4
AP/IBs
3
Essays
4
Awards
2
Activities
Joshua Glass
Accepted to MIT and Yale, now a consultant at Chartwell.
The best way to write college essays is to act like you're writing a letter. Explain yourself like you would explain life to a friend you haven't seen in years; make it a real human connection.
Acceptances
Joshua Glass
Accepted to MIT and Yale, now a consultant at Chartwell.
3
Colleges
3
Q&As
4
AP/IBs
3
Essays
4
Awards
2
Activities
Acceptances
Background
Race
White
Gender
Male
School Type
Public
Legacy
No
Low income
Yes
First generation
Yes
International
No
Recruited Athlete
No
Academics
GPA (W)
4.3
GPA (UW)
3.8
GPA Scale
4
SAT
1560
ACT
36
# AP/IB Exams
4
3 Essays
essay
Personal Statement
essay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
essay
Yale University
4 AP / IB Scores
4 Awards
2 Activities
Additional Info
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3 Q&As
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What questions were you asked during your interviews?
I was asked about my hobbies and interests. It's basically just a conversation, but it was very revealing as to how different the schools I applied to are culturally. In my Yale interview, we ended up
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Do you recommend using private counseling and/or essay editing services?
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Who should read over your essays?
I had my friends read over my essays. We rotated our essays around, proofreading extremely harshly and using the commenting feature in google docs on every little area that could potentially be improv
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1 Scholarship
National Merit Scholarship