How to Write the Perfect Common App Essay (Formula!)

Erica Abbett
5 min readNov 1, 2020

With college admissions season in full swing, it’s time to talk about one of the most important components of the application: your essay.

A requirement of the Common App, the essay is what makes you a person in the eyes of admissions officers, setting you apart from the countless other students who have taken the same classes, played the same sports, and volunteered at the…

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Erica Abbett

Erica Abbett is the founder of Vocabbett, a college prep company. She is also the author of the SAT vocab novel “Ahead of Her Time” — bit.ly/ahead-of-her-time