It starts with a story worth telling. It's okay if you haven't saved the world, won a gold medal, or discovered the ninth planet (again). We'll find the story that's already in you.

There is no other YOU, so in your essay, the perfect person to be is yourself. Write so that your personality genuinely shines through. Hey, you're a cool kid. We'll make sure the admissions committee sees it too.

Even the best writers in the world don't nail it in one sitting. Writing is a process made better by feedback and revision cycles. We'll get better every draft.