Hooking Up with Admissions Officers: Selling Yourself Through College Application Essays

Hooking Up with Admissions Officers concisely provides clear guidance for creating a compelling college application essay. The first part of the book, emphasizing the importance of introspection as a means to stand out, highlights crucial differences between academic and application essays. The second portion serves as a resource for avoiding the mistakes college applicants commonly make in grammar, style, and content. While this section is by far the heaviest, it's valuable for any writer. The final section of the book discusses finishing touches, including how to know when the essay is ready to submit.

Although a book on essay writing could easily put someone to sleep, Nancy Frieder maintains reader interest by using a friendly voice and by peppering the pages with anecdotes about essays she has seen as a writing coach for college and postgraduate applicants. Furthermore, in the first and third parts of the book, she alternates her chapters with related posts from her award-winning blog for college-bound students.

This book is not only informative-it's motivational.