Man, how time goes by. It feels like just yesterday I was helping babysit my niece, and now she’s already off to college. I barely realized how grown up she was, and earlier today she came up asking for help in writing her college admission essay. And it was all downhill from there, as far as feeling old is concerned. Sometimes I feel like I’m fresh out of college, but it’s been over a decade! As hard as I tried to remember what a college application essay is supposed to look like, I ended up having to look for help in the good old interwebs. Oh well, one can’t remember everything – not unless you’re some kind of memory savant, anyway.

Well, in case someone out there is wondering just what it takes to write a brilliant college admission essay, at least now I know what it takes. Of course, sooner than I later I’ll eventually forget it, but that’s just why I’m writing this post. You know, as a man grows older memory no longer serves him the way it did in his prime. Anyway, there are two things you need to keep in mind to excel in your admission essay: you must include personal information and make quirky and interesting like a slice-of-life vignette. Or you can hire someone to write the essays for you… your call!