The Best College Essay Examples

the future is unwritten because the future is never written as i am thinking of what i am doing after high school am i going to be a tattoo artist or a screamer or a lawyer like my brother robert …

“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the Negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.” This begins the poem that would not only revolutionize literature, but also politics …

Typical lethargic teenagers spend hours clinging to their mouse and browsing through the mass of information on the internet. For me, homing in on the appropriate material possibly saved a life and inspired my future career in the medical field. …

“I want you to stay” Once upon a time not so long ago, I wrote that exact line in our hot pink notebook we share. The we is not important right now but soon it will be. Let me explain, …

Get home as fast as I can and hope Dad has eaten and is ready to go. All that is going on in the world is put on hold. It’s time to go water skiing! Run down stairs to get …

I am cocky. I am, by definition, boldly and overly self-confident. I attract crude looks, and repel shy bystanders. Often, people judge me, and make fabricated assumptions. Being cocky often gets a negative perception. Though, who is anyone to say, …

I walked into the stuffy government room. Rows of plastic chairs were lined up in front of the podium. The fluorescent office lights flickered. A modest American flag hung in the corner, its stripes folded across its stars. As I …

Life can be compared to one big Christmas present. Wrapped all neatly under the tree, the lights dancing off the paper, the possibilities of what’s inside are endless. It could be that new baseball bat you wanted or the Barbie …

Throughout the course of history, it has always been thought that students who were ethnically diverse or part of a minority race were discriminated against in the realm of education and did not always receive equal treatment as white students.In …

A large, imposing crowd stands before me, some stand with their heads bowed in reverence, others stand staring into the far off distance, looking as if they have nothing in particular on their minds yet their hearts are saluting the …

My life used to be so different. I often found myself sitting at home thinking about my presence on earth and what my purpose was. Not only was I curious, I was frustrated. Frustrated that my peers were deeply enthralled …

Let me just say that when I first realized the topic for this “Special Topics” English class, I was not all that impressed. I was definitely not looking forward to ten weeks worth of learning about the infamous James Bond. …

Clark Atlanta University After touring colleges and attending a college fairs for a whole weekend the last day was rainy and windy but we still had two colleges to visit. I was sleep but when the bus stopped, I woke …

I once wrote an essay about not knowing what to write about, if that makes sense. I sat in front my computer screen for hours, completely clueless as to what I was going to write the essay about. I can …

When we think of diversity, we commonly think of a various medley of races and ethnicities to make a population, as it were, diverse. However, in my life, I’ve defined diversity as not only such a mix, but also to …

Looking back, it was Christian’s face that made me persevere- even though the money was not going to him and I may never see Christian again. But it was for Christian that I chose to sell my bracelets. On January …

Bad Kid It was 7:45 a.m, geometry, second hour, dark outside, and I was facing the biggest ethical dilemma of my freshman year. Ninth grade…what can I say. It’s vital to the adolescent psyche, and yet we all want to …

I have the choice every morning to be blissful or prickly. This past summer I had a job handing out towels at an outdoor fountain. How hard could it be to hand out towels? When children’s mothers came up to …

There was not a single, shining moment of clarity in which I suddenly understood the importance or working hard for my education. I did not lose a loved one. I did not have a near death experience. I did not …

When my life was quickly falling out of my hands and reality wasn’t within reach, I felt helpless. I needed to find a way out somehow, someone or something to influence me in a better way by helping me out …

Not many people can say that they have lived in two totally different environments, and technically neither can I. I have lived in the same house in the same Connecticut town my whole life, but a lot of my childhood …

I find solace with the television on, and the cable box turned off. With fragments of black and white vibrating across the screen, and stagnant white noise infiltrating my soul and invigorating my bones, I have the opportunity to feel …

“Hey dude.” “Dude!” “Duuuuude. Not cool.” Anyone younger than the age of 80 has definitely heard the term “dude” used frequently, and most likely used it themselves. In its modern context, dude does not mean anything close to what it …

Can one person unite the world? Is it possible for the short-term actions of one individual to make a lasting impression on the global community? Like every other human being, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a dream. A dream in …