Acceptional.com Introduces New Website That Offers High School Seniors the Most Comprehensive Online Resource of Winning College Essays to Top U.S. Universities

 

 This new service offers all students an affordable resource that provides equal access to more than 1,200 essays written by individuals who were accepted into top U.S. universities, including the Ivy League, Stanford University and MIT.  

 

 
 

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Cambridge, Mass. (September 2011) -- Parents of high school seniors looking for the newest edge in helping their kids with college applications should check out Acceptional.com, a new website that offers access to more than 1,200 winning essays into top U.S. universities, including Harvard University and the Ivy League, Stanford University and MIT.

 

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company is tapping into the widespread use of technology and social media among students to seek information, allowing users instant access and insight into the traditional college essay process.

 

Acceptional.com gives students the ability to sort essays, and view authors' demographic and academic profiles, so that they can find samples that are relevant to their interests and experiences. An integrated blog, written by high school and college students, provides community support by sharing ideas on topics ranging from financial aid and interviews to school visits and being waitlisted.

 

Users pay only $5 per essay, providing an affordable solution for any student looking for college resources. Acceptional.com has essays from students who matriculated into the Top 25 U.S. universities, as ranked by US News and World Report.

 

"Our mission is to help students find their own voice by providing them with the tools they need, through these samples and suggested methodology, to write their own admissions essays," said Paris Wallace, co-founder and CEO of Acceptional.com.

 

Acceptional.com meets growing demand for online college resources from a generation that reads more on screens than in books, and turns to Web-based communities for advice.  Kids immediately feel a connection with the company, and understand its value: The resources on Acceptional.com help them grasp the composition, style and structure of essays that work to get accepted into a top school. The blog gives them social support through a period of high-stakes pressure in their lives, a process that many struggle with.

 

The college students who share their essays embrace the service as well, and have become its biggest advocate. Many of the students who contribute essays also write for the blog.

 

Users of Acceptional.com create an essay profile using several search criteria, including SAT score, gender, location (state and country), work and volunteer experience, and type of high school. If they need help finding an essay relevant to their interests, they can immediately obtain assistance through online chat support. Based on the criteria, Acceptional.com provides students with a list of essay summaries, and they can choose the final ones they want to view.

 

Before gaining access to the full essay content, each user must agree to Acceptional.com's anti-plagiarism policy and terms of use. Acceptional.com has a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy and has implemented several measures to prevent it, including working with admissions offices to compare its content against submitted applications, and utilizing technology that disables the copying and pasting, downloading, and printing of content.
 
 

More information about Acceptional.com can be found on its website, www.acceptional.com.

 

To read the student blogs, visit http://acceptional.com/blog.