On writing the college application essay: the key to acceptance at the college of your choice

Getting ready. The gray area

Know your audience

Danger : sleepy prose ahead (or, The sandman cometh)

Writing. Chilling out (or, Everything I say you can't do, you can do)

Warming up

Coming alive

Sweetheart, get me rewrite!

Tinkering

Evolution of an essay

Reading. A not-brief-enough rant about supplements (or, Will someone please scrap the common app?)

Exhibits : the quick and the dull

Anthology

Exhibits 2.