College Essay Examples

In "I Needed Success Like I Needed Air", the author describes herself surviving:

• An asthma attack

• a fire

• a drowning

• choking on a milk dud.

In "Better Barbie", the author what literary device?

• Analogy

• Oxymoron

• Anachronism

• Colloquialism

In "Whatever Happened to My Perfect Life?", the author describes her struggle with

• her brother's death

• her mother's breast cancer

• her father's accident

• her being diagnosed with MS

In "The Power of Words", the author describes her "gateway drug into intellectual puberty" as being:

• The Chronicles of Narnia series

• The Hunger Games series

• The Maximum Ride series

• The Harry Potter series

In "A.B.A. Basketball Camp", the focus of the essay is on:

• Perseverence

• Dreams

• Optimism

• Philanthropy

In "Failing Successfully", the author emulates which president:

• Lincoln

• Trump

• Franklin

• Roosevelt

In "My Greatest Teacher", the author focusses on her strong bond with Murphy. Murphy is her:

• Tutor

• Neighbor

• Dog

• Uncle

In "Tall Chai", which book changes the author's perspective on life?

• Frankenstein

• Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

• Catcher in the Rye

• Life of Pi

In "Of Scouting and Life Changes", the author describes overcoming:

• Introversion

• Asachnophobia

• Anxiety

• Hemophobia

When Ms. Houck gives class time to read material, one can be almost 100% certain that she will:

• Ask you to write a summary

• Have you complete a worksheet

• Create a collage

• Give a quiz on that material