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College admissions essays typically look for something that stands out about a person and makes them different from the hundreds of other applicants. Mostly every college looks for various meanings of essays because every school has a different goal. Usually, the applicants essay involves that schools goal to demonstrate that they have a similar aim, along with a personal achievement or story that has shaped them into the person that they are today. The reason for this format is understandable, the universities want to directly understand who that applicant is and what they can bring to the university. Considering that all universities tend to look for a similar structure of essays, it is evident that these college admissions essays are their own genre. As Kirk suggests in her essay, a genre is defined as something, in this case an essay, which has certain expectations or locations. Dirk then states how a genre was originally defined as \u201csimply a matter of filling in the blanks\u201d (251) and compares it to today’s definition of a genre, \u201cwhen something new happens that requires a response, someone must create that first response (…) resulting in the creation of a new genre\u201d (252). Dirk\u2019s modern definition of a genre demonstrates how college admissions essays are their own genre, due to the understanding that someone created a response to the prompt of the essay, allowing the second person to use the first response as a basis for their essay, and the cycle repeats until the genre of college admissions essays are created.<\/span><\/p>\n

Applying to a variety of different schools, I observed a range of different questions that were ultimately all asking the same thing, \u201cwho are you?\u201d. My essay attempted to meet the demands of the college admissions essay genre by answering this question. I found myself writing about my community service experiences throughout Middle School and High School. Answering those questions, I was able to incorporate my objective of wanting to help make a difference while using a personalized location that clearly communicated significant elements of my character, which included leadership and compassion. College admissions essays are their own genre, which entails the applicant’s personal experiences that ultimately reveal their character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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