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David’s Essays

David has written over 700 essays on college admissions.

These are available to everyone at no charge.

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What is a Diver's Dream?

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My Scores Are Too Small; My Nose Is Too Big

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So, It Has Come to This

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Match Game

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The Muck Stops Here

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The Long and Winding Road

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Rejection

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Sex Ed, Advice, Schnauzers

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The Sorting Hat

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The Dog in the Fight

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Strategy

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Same Life, Different Day

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Rejected from Amherst, Percy Goes to Live in a Trailer Park with an Older Woman and her Three Children then Gets a Tattoo

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Did I Say that Out Loud?

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Tenth Grade Math

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Pow! Smack! Oof!

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Position Open: All Powerful Wizard of Oz. Some Experience Preferred.

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Me! Me! Me! Now! Now! Now!

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The End of Expensive College?

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