Ex-Ivy League admissions officers dissect an essay that got a girl into 5 Ivies and Stanford

Their expertise is as real as it gets, with collective experience working in admissions offices at Cornell University, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, The University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

They prefaced their remarks by clarifying that an admissions essay on its own cannot achieve an acceptance into an elite school, and that stellar academics and other extracurriculars must accompany an essay.

That said, the overwhelming feedback about Stinson's essay is that it truly stood out, both in writing quality as well as intrigue. The experts said they were drawn in by the impulse to keep reading and unlock the story Stinson was trying to tell.

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