As the overall undergraduate applicant pool grows as it has been in the past few decades, colleges have struggled to find reliable ways to distinguish students who are passionately committed to their institutions from the ones who or on the fence or are just applying because of my guidance counselor told me to.

Typically, these essays focus more on future academic and professional goals, school activities and your role in your community. The number of the essays and complexity does seem to grow every year, there are a few suspects that regularly appear in the lineup.

Let’s take a look at those guardian varieties of goblins.