Showcase Your Accepted Applications 🎉

EssaysThatWorked.com is a platform dedicated to showcasing the best college essays & applications written by students like you. It's a great way to get recognition for your hard work, help inspire future students, and show off your writing. There's no cost to be featured.

We are made for students, by students. I started this site as a student myself in 2018 to help my friends and peers. And you can now help too!

Why showcase your essays/applications?

• ✨ You will inspire thousands of future students with real examples of great essays
• ☀️ Get recognition for your hard work and show off your writing to your friends, family, and future employers.
• 👤 Keep your essays 100% anonymous, or get credit by adding your name, social media handles, or website
• There is no cost.
• 🤲 Give back to the community which (hopefully) has helped you.
• ⭐️ And most of all... you'll contribute to making college admissions better for everyone

Frequently Asked Questions:

• What kind of essays are you looking for?

  Any admitted essays that you're proud of. Whether it's a Common App essay, supplemental essay, UC essay, or scholarship essay, we want to see it!

  Here is a list of schools that we especially want essays from (but any and all schools are perfectly fine!):

  Check if your school is on the list:

  • Princeton University
  • Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University
  • University of Chicago (UChicago)
  • Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
  • University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
  • California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • Duke University
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• Will my essays be published on the site?

  Yes! If your essay passes our review process, we'll publish it on the site and email you the link. It'll be available free of charge for anyone to read and admire.

• How many essays can I submit?

  As many as you'd like! The more, the better. Just submit each essay separately using the button above.

• Will my essays be anonymous? What about personal details in my essay?

  We'll automatically hide any personally identifiable information in your essay, such as your name, high school, cities, organizations/clubs, dates, etc.

  You can choose to submit your essay anonymously (100% confidential), or you can add your name, social media handles, or a short bio to get credit for your work. It's up to you!

• Do colleges care? Will I face any repercussions for doing this?

  No. It is highly unlikely that colleges care. In fact, many colleges publish their own collections of essays from admitted students.

  We've never had a single case of a student facing repercussions for sharing their essays. If you're concerned, you can always submit your essay anonymously.

• What about plagiarism? I don't want anyone to steal my essay.

  We share our database with Turnitin, the leading plagiarism detection software used by colleges and universities and give them access to our database of essays.

  This means that anyone who tries to copy your essay will be immediately caught and flagged by Turnitin, resulting in a rejection from colleges.

  TLDR; If your essays are plagiarized (unlikely), you will face no repercussions.

  You can read more about our plagiarism policy and steps we take to protect your work.

• How will my essays/applications be used?

  You will retain full ownership of your application materials. By submitting your essays/applications, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use, reproduce, and distribute your essays/applications.

  Basically, you allow us to publish your essays on our site and share them with others. You can read more about our terms of service here.

  Your submissions will be used to help future students, inspire others, and improve the college admissions.

• What if I change my mind?

  No problem! You can contact us and we'll remove your essay from the site immediately.

• Is Essays That Worked legit and safe?

  Absolutely. Essays That Worked been around since 2018 and has helped thousands of students. You can read more about Essays That Worked here. We have a 5.0 star rating on Google and you can reach out to us anytime to hear from a real person.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you and congratulations on your acceptances!

— Ryan Chiang, Founder of EssaysThatWorked.com