College Essays That Made a Difference, 4th Edition includes real-life essays written by applicants to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and more, as well as complete application profiles of over 100 students, including test scores, GPAs, demographic information, and where they got in and where they didn't. College Essays That Made a Difference, 4th Edition includes essays submitted to the following schools: Amherst College Bard College Barnard College Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College California Institute of Technology Carleton College Claremont McKenna College Columbia University The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Duke University Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Georgetown University Hamilton College Harvard College Kenyon College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College New College of Florida New York University Northwestern University Pomona College Princeton University Reed College Rice University Smith College Stanford University Swarthmore College Tufts University University of California–Los Angeles University of California–San Diego University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania Washington & Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Whitman College Williams College Yale University

One of the best ways to stand out in a crowd of law school applicants is to write an exceptional personal statement. Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 4th Edition, contains 70 real application essays as well as interviews with admissions pros and with students who've been through the process and made it to law school. Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 4th Edition includes essays submitted to the following schools: American University Washington College of Law Boston College Law School Boston University School of Law Columbia University School of Law Cornell University Law School Duke University School of Law Emory University School of Law Fordham University School of Law The George Washington University Law School Georgetown University Law Center Harvard University Law School New York University School of Law Northwestern University School of Law Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey School of Law–Camden South Texas Law College of Law Stanford University School of Law University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law University of Chicago Law School University of Colorado–Boulder School of Law University of Houston Law Center University of Michigan Law School University of New Mexico School of Law University of Ottawa Faculty of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School University of St. Thomas School of Law University of Texas at Austin School of Law University of Virginia School of Law University of Wisconsin Law School Vanderbilt University Law School Yale University Law School

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Looks at one hundred fifty colleges and universities across the country--half public and half private--that provide superb academic studies, top-notch facilities, and other excellent features for a lot less money than the other schools.