Are you applying for college, medical school, law school, business school or engineering school? If so, you probably need to write an admissions essay. And given that competitive academic programs are only getting more and more competitive, you probably need a world-class essay. No pressure or anything... While it may SEEM like a good idea to buy a book full of sample essays and anecdotes about star applicants, there's a huge problem with that plan- The time you're spending working your way through those several hundred page books, you're NOT spending working on your own essay. Here's the...