Essay Writing Tips

The following are common essay mistakes:

• Using an overly-confident tone
• Reviewing your extracurricular activities and congratulating yourself on your achievements.
• Writing about something emotionally controversial or risky
• Using contrived Thesaurus vocabulary
• Writing more than two pages
• Writing about yourself in the third person

The following are some of the most common and worst essay topics:

• Declarations of love for your boyfriend or girlfriend
• Sincerely held religious beliefs
• Your political views
• Sex
• Sparkling SAT scores
• Schemes for world peace