Admissions Essays

Working on your all-important application? Read actual admission essays that worked. Vault editors collected real essaysfrom students who won acceptance to top schools across the country. Please not that we provide them not as how-to templates, but as examples of styles and themes.

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A

  1. Amherst College
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B

  1. Booth School of Business
  2. Boston University School of Law
  3. Boston University School of Medicine
  4. Bowdoin College
  5. Brandeis University
  6. Brown University
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C

  1. California Institute of Technology
  2. Carleton College
  3. Carlson School of Management
  4. Carnegie Mellon University
  5. Columbia Business School
  6. Columbia Law School
  7. Columbia University
  8. Columbia University Medical Center
  9. Cornell Law School
  10. Cornell University
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D

  1. Darden School of Business
  2. Dartmouth College
  3. David Geffen School of Medicine
  4. Desautels Faculty of Management
  5. Duke University
  6. Duke University School of Law
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E

  1. Emory University
  2. Emory University School of Medicine
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F

  1. Feinberg School of Medicine
  2. Fisher College of Business
  3. Fuqua School of Business
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G

  1. George Washington University Law School
  2. Georgetown University
  3. Georgetown University Law Center
  4. Georgetown University Medical Center
  5. Goizueta Business School
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H

  1. Harvard Business School
  2. Harvard Law School
  3. Harvard Medical School
  4. Harvard University
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I

  1. INSEAD
  2. Indiana University School of Medicine
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J

  1. Johns Hopkins University
  2. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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K

  1. Keck School of Medicine
  2. Kelley School of Business
  3. Kellogg School of Management
  4. Kenan-Flagler Business School
  5. Krannert School of Management
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L

  1. London Business School
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M

  1. MIT Sloan School of Management
  2. Marshall School of Business
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  4. McCombs School of Business
  5. McDonough School of Business
  6. Medical College of Wisconsin
  7. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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N

  1. New York University
  2. New York University School of Law
  3. New York University School of Medicine
  4. Northwestern University
  5. Northwestern University School of Law
  6. Notre Dame Law School
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O

  1. Ohio State University College of Medicine
  2. Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
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P

  1. Penn Law School
  2. Princeton University
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R

  1. Rice University
  2. Richard Ivey School of Business
  3. Ross School of Business
  4. Rotman School of Management
  5. Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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S

  1. Smith College
  2. Stanford Graduate School of Business
  3. Stanford Law School
  4. Stanford School of Medicine
  5. Stanford University
  6. Stern School of Business
  7. Swarthmore College
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T

  1. Tepper School of Business
  2. The Johnson School
  3. The Wharton School
  4. Tuck School of Business
  5. Tufts University
  6. Tufts University School of Medicine
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U

  1. UC Berkeley School of Law
  2. UCLA Anderson School of Management
  3. UCLA School of Law
  4. USC Gould School of Law
  5. University of Alabama School of Medicine
  6. University of California, Berkeley
  7. University of California, Davis School of Medicine
  8. University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
  9. University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
  10. University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
  11. University of Chicago
  12. University of Chicago Law School
  13. University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  14. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  15. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  16. University of Iowa College of Law
  17. University of Michigan
  18. University of Michigan Law School
  19. University of Michigan Medical School
  20. University of Minnesota Law School
  21. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  23. University of Pennsylvania
  24. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  25. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Medical School
  26. University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  27. University of Virginia
  28. University of Virginia School of Law
  29. University of Virginia School of Medicine
  30. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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V

  1. Vanderbilt Law School
  2. Vanderbilt University
  3. Vassar College
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W

  1. Wake Forest University
  2. Washington University School of Law
  3. Washington University in St. Louis
  4. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  5. Weill Cornell Medical College
  6. Wellesley College
  7. Williams College
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Y

  1. Yale Law School
  2. Yale School of Management
  3. Yale School of Medicine
  4. Yale University
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