In response to today’s uncovering of application essays from the class of 2017, Bwog staff got hit by a wave of nostalgia and began combing through our own application materials–leading to a wave of embarrassment. In solidarity with those prospies who naively bravely posted their essays online, here are some choice lines from Bwog staffers’ […]
As IvyGate, Gawker, and New York Mag have picked up, some accepted members of the Columbia Class of 2017 decided to post their application essays publicly online (inciting Bwog to mutter “they’re making it too easy.”). Unfortunately, the files have since been deleted, but you can still catch some highlights at the linked articles. Frankly, […]
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