SparkNotes would love to include your admissions essay in a forthcoming new series. We want the essays / personal statements that got you into:

* College (4-Year School)
* Graduate School (any discipline)
* Business School
* Law School
* Medical School

To be considered, send an email, including the name of your school/program and the essay as an attachment, to Lindsay Weiskittel at lweiskittel@bn.com. PDF and Word files only. No phone calls, please.

If selected, your name (or pseudonym, if you prefer), essay, and school affiliation will appear in the published book, and you will receive a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card.

Spark Publishing, a division of Barnes & Noble, produces a wide range of academic, test-prep, and lifestyle books for the high-school, college, and twenty-something market. Our website, sparknotes.com, is the #1 educational website on the Internet.

Only a $50 gift card to allow someone else to use your intellectual property and potentially help people commit plagarism. This is a frickin joke. People should write their own essays and get into these schools on their own merits. The commercialization of school admissions makes me sick.
Sorry, feeling grumpy today.

heh heh heh.....

heh, now I have hit five stars I am just going to say whatever i want on this site...

crazy!!