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  1. Official Rules: 2022 Modern Love College Essay Contest

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  4. Standing Out From the Crowd

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  1. 'Miles Walked, Miles Driven': This Year's ...

    Ron Lieber wrote one of his college application essays about a television commercial for the company formerly known as Waste Management. Oct. 22, 2022 Writing a personal essay is more art than ...

  2. Guide to The NY Times' Five Best College Essays on Work, Money and

    Every year, The New York Times issues an open call for college application essays on the subject of money, work, and class. Money becomes a lens through which identity, family, and dreams, can be glimpsed. Out of the many submissions they received this year, The Times published the five best essays (four were published in the newspaper, and one in The Times's new Snapchat Discover Feature).

  3. Going Beyond Cliché: How to Write a Great College Essay

    Ask them to really think broadly, aiming to get at least 20 items on their list. They should include "major" events like births, deaths, travel, coming of age rituals, or course, but also the more mundane moments they remember that have marked their lives in some way — a car ride, a dinner, a chance meeting, etc.

  4. Layla Kinjawi Faraj Wins Modern Love College Essay Contest

    The New York Times 2022 Modern Love College Essay Contest Results. WINNER. Layla Kinjawi Faraj, Barnard College, Class 2025. FINALISTS. Lily Goldberg, Williams College, Class of 2022. August Singer, Reed College, Class of 2022. Joyce Juhee Chung, New York University, Class of 2023. Abby Comey, College of William and Mary, Class of 2022.

  5. College Essay Examples, Why They Worked, and Essay Tips

    For the past few years, The New York Times has invited students to share their college admissions essays on money, class, working, and the economy, followed up with reactions and thoughts on the essays' effectiveness by Ron Lieber. 2018 essays: Standout College Application Essays; 2019 essays: Standout College Application Essays

  6. What the New York Times' college cancel culture essay gets ...

    The New York Times opinion section published an essay from a University of Virginia student Monday about her dismay that students often censor themselves on college campuses to avoid controversy ...

  7. The New York Times Announces Fourth Modern Love College Essay Contest

    The New York Times recently announced its fourth Modern Love College Essay Contest. The Times is inviting college students nationwide to open their hearts and laptops and write an essay that tells the truth about what love is like for them today. In previous contests, which attracted thousands of entries from students at hundreds of colleges ...

  8. 'Tell us your story' college essay examples?

    1. New York Times College Essay Selections: The New York Times has a series where they share powerful and moving college essays from accepted students. You might find some inspiration there, even if some prompts might look different from the "Tell us your story" one. You can find the series by searching "New York Times college essays that ...

  9. College Essays About Money Highlighted in The New York Times

    These are but two small excerpts from a series of stellar highlighted essays. As you can imagine, all are worth a full read. Read the rest via The New York Times. Want essay help on demand? Watch our video series! Read our guide to the 2015-16 Common App Essay. Read more about The College Essay Advisors Process.

  10. 2023: The Year in College Essays

    Takeaways from 2023 college admission essays. From the pandemic to the gym, to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour - what has shaped the lives of college bound seniors. ... I've clicked on links to the New York Times best recipes of 2023 and agreed with Time Magazine's declaration that Taylor Swift is the "Person of the Year" (more on T. Swift ...

  11. War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus

    In the campus protests over the war in Gaza, language and rhetoric are—as they have always been when it comes to Israel and Palestine—weapons of mass destruction. By Zadie Smith. May 5, 2024 ...

  12. Everything You Need To Know About The New York Times Student Essay

    Another thing that sets this competition apart is the length of the essays submitted. While many essay contests ask for essays that are 1,000 words, 2,000 words, or even more, the New York Times Student Essay Contest allows essays of just 450 words or fewer. That's a little bit less than a page of single-spaced copy on Microsoft Word!

  13. I'm a junior at Yale whose college essay was featured in the New York

    Hi A2C, My name is Jeffrey Yu, and I'm a junior at Yale (currently remote!). I won the New York Times college essay contest in 2018 with my Common App essay about my dad. I haven't written on A2C much about Yale but have written on Quora a lot.

  14. NYT publishes college essays (THEY'RE SO GOOD!)

    NYT publishes college essays (THEY'RE SO GOOD!) The one about the father is insanely well written. The last passage was truly heartwarming. Excellent read. Also, credit to the New York Times for their fastidious fixation with the college admissions process.

  15. College protests updates: Violence at UCLA; 300 arrested in NYC

    Almost 300 protesters arrested in NYC; student group says some were injured. New York City police made 119 arrests at Columbia University and 173 at City College in Tuesday night's crackdowns on ...

  16. Erik Wemple

    Trump's hush money trial, brought to you by the New York media Donald Trump foresaw the troubles with journalistic 'catch and kill' operations. April 26, 2024