The sheer number of works written about these experiences made them a cliché in the college ... Of course, there are some examples when a humorous essay helped students get into an Ivy League ...

Last week, high school senior Kwasi Enin found out he had been accepted to every college he applied to - including all eight Ivy League schools ... had taken 11 AP courses, and was in the top ...

High-school senior Brittany Stinson recently shared with Business Insider a humorous admissions essay that got her into five Ivy League schools ... Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute ...

Of course this is not universally true, but in the absence of real core curricula at many elite colleges, much falls through the gaping cracks. By contrast, at many non–Ivy League liberal-arts ...