Your Money: College Essays That Stand Out From the Crowd

If you’re a high school senior trying to seduce the admissions officer reading your application essay, this may not strike you as the ideal opening line. But Shanti Kumar, a senior at the Bronx High School of Science, went ahead anyway when the university prompted her to react in writing to the idea of “Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations.” </P>Back in January, when I asked high school seniors to send in college application essays about money,

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