PB1A Admissions Essay

For my PB1A I chose a college admissions letter. The reason I chose that is because it is something that every single person at this school had to write in order to get into University of California Santa Barbara. This process for me was one of the hardest, picking a topic on what to write about and then trying to persuade the admissions committee to let you into their school. There are thousands of people that apply to UCSB and you have to tell them why they should go out on a limb and choose you. In your admissions letter you are trying to convey to the board why they should let you in by telling them a little about yourself. When you are writing these college letters you aren’t trying to force them to like your work with your tone, you are trying to tell them why you are qualified for this school in a settle way. The admission’s board doesn’t want to see you be boring and tell them a life lesson, but what they want is for you to see it from their perspective. If you were them why would they let you in. the admissions board wants all kinds of people, that is why you need to stand out in their eyes. In the college essays you want to have a very formal style that the reader won’t think that this is a joke. They want to hear nice formal writing that shows that you can keep up with the rigorous work that is given at the fine institution. The admission’s people reading your college essays aren’t going to want to see the words “dude” or “stoked” they are going to want you to pick your brain and come up with more formal writing. When I first went to write my college essays I looked at all the topics, and I wrote an essay for each one of those topics with the questions answered. I saw that I had one essay that stood out in each category. When doing your college essay you want to make sure you answer the question exactly how they asked it, which means putting in the right context. You do not want to go off topic when writing these. What makes a college admissions essay a college admissions essay is that you have to be on point. You have to show the board of admissions why the hell they should let you in over someone who may have better grades or may be playing on a spots team. They are not going to want someone who doesn’t put in the effort or half asses the essay. The board can easily tell when someone has put in the time because they are persuaded by the essay. I chose this topic not only because I got into UCSB because of my essays it is because I loved writing them too, and I know what the admissions board is looking for out of these essays.