This was the essay I uploaded to the Common App directly, for use in all of my applications. I dubbed it my "personality essay" as I used it to convey my sassy and witty manner to those who read it. It gives them a very strong idea of what kind of person I am and what I value. I think that this is very important and is one of the most honest essays I've written. "During my freshman year in...

I find that this essay doesn't need to be particularly well thought out or organized beforehand. They want to see why you feel the school is a fit for you, in order to compare it with why you would be a fit for them. So just be honest. Explain what draws you to their school, in however many words they give you to do so. "I started theatre as a sophomore and well, I never looked back. I'm a theatre...

This was my "prove you're smart" essay. I didn't get the scholarship I applied for via it, but I believe that is largely a result of my high school grades, rather than the strength of the essay itself. I can objectively say that this is one of the best essays I've ever written. "An important quality in all forms of art that I analyze is realism. The more realistic a piece seems, the more deeply it resonates with me as...

Make sure you do everything early! I personally did because I knew that I wanted to go to Boston University since my sophomore year. But despite all that, I still had issues with my counselor due to her waiting until the...

Make sure you get recommenders who know you and teach the subjects you want to study in college. My drama teacher knew me for three years, my Spanish teacher...

Try to follow things that you enjoyed in high school, if you have the time. For a lot of us, our hobbies are where we feel relaxed and stress-free. Its important to have those things that you can retreat to/fall back...

I prefaced my essay with this, if you unlocked it, but its really about honesty. BU wants to see if what you think the school can do for you aligns with what they think the school...

Early Decision is great for showing how much you desire admission. I went this route, so I speak from personal experience. The ED audition for the school of theatre wasn't very large, maybe a total 25 kids showed up, so things felt very intimate and not all like a competition. It was nice. Grades are important, but BU does place value on the rigor of your academic history over your actual grades to an extent. I started off really well, as a practical straight A student in my freshman year, then started to get the occasional C as a sophomore, dipped...

I applied for the Trustee and Presidential scholarships via BU. These were merit-based and so they had a lot to do with my grades. I received neither, understandably as my grades are generally average (As and Bs with the occasional C and only two or...

BU is right in the middle of Boston, which is a bustling city that is always got activities going on. Its got great historical culture and its much more fast paced than the slow suburban...

Once I figured out that I wanted to pursue theatre in college, I knew that I would need a "practical" area to study as well,...

In two words, creative freedom. The primary reason that I dropped out of the IB program at my high school in my final year was the fact that my ability to creative whatever I wanted was being so restricted that I almost never had time to relax and do things that I enjoyed anymore. From that, I learned that I could not go to a college just to take standard academics and...

I knew that I wanted to go to BU since my sophomore year. I only applied to UCLA because it's...

Well, I'm actually a budding YouTuber! (youtube.com/c/DevBlair #promoplug XD) My goal after college is to hopefully be big...

My candor. I'm very honest and frank about myself, I consider myself to be a fairly self-aware person, so being able to speak about myself in an objective...

Do the things that you love! If you want to study something in particular...

Boston University's audition was one of the nicest I've ever been to. It started off with an information session that allowed you to learn more about the school and the theatre program, as well as gave you and your parents the opportunity to ask questions directly to the school of theatre's assistant director. They stress that the audition is supposed to be a learning experience, not some stressful ordeal. They give you time recommendations for your monologues, and you should follow them, but they won't actually pull out a timer and cut you off at the end of the time....