A piece of advice from 50 Successful IVY LEAGUE Application Essays🧡

🧶 Hackneyed -> a hackneyed phrase or idea has been said or used so often that it has become boring and has no meaning

a hackneyed plot

Oana's essay opens with a fresh perspective on a theme that is often overused and can easily become hackneyed — love

🧶 Penultimate = second from the last

In her penultimate paragraph, Oana relates her long process of learning Spanish to her "ambitious and aggressive spirit"...

🧶 Regurgitate -> if you regurgitate facts, you just repeat what you have heard without thinking about it

It is better to end the essay in a way that seems fresh, rather than regurgitating what has already been said

People are just regurgitate what they see on TV

🧶 Unabashedly = in an unabashed way (= without any worry about possible criticism)

Be unabashed in your personal statement!!!

Greeks are people who are unabashedly enthusiastic about uncool things