Rachel Toor
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Write Your Way In
Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay Rachel Toor
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© 2017 by Rachel Toor
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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-38375-0 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-38389-7 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-38392-7 (e-book)
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226383927.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Toor, Rachel, author.
Title: Write your way in : crafting an unforgettable college admissions essay / Rachel Toor.
Other titles: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
Description: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053327 | ISBN 9780226383750 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN
9780226383897 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226383927 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: College applications—United States. | Universities and colleges—United States
—Admission. | Creative writing. | Essay—Authorship.
Classification: LCC LB2351.5 .T66 2017 | DDC 378.1/616—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053327