 The Best College Essays Begin with a Cliché
You don't know where any story is going the first time a student shares an idea. Odds are pretty good it will begin with a cliché. That's okay. Listen. Let the story emerge. Find out how brainstorming can help a student move beyond the cliché to find a meaningful story. |
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Wake Forest Unveils Great Essay PromptsStandardized tests are optional, on-campus interviews are encouraged, and essays are a must. In addition to filling out the Common App, students applying to Wake Forest University for the fall of 2014 must answer five short essay questions, including this one: Some say that social media is superficial, with no room for expressing deep or complex ideas. We challenge you to defy these skeptics by describing yourself as fully and accurately as possible in the 140-character limit of a tweet. Read the other prompts.
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