Abstract
Whitney is a Psychology major who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Whitney enjoys translating her thoughts into her writing and working through the writing process to overcome boundaries and convey her message properly. While writing this paper she reflected on her own experiences, just one year before, as she sat down to write her college admissions essay. She says that while writing her admission essay there were “overwhelming emotions and confusion that I felt at that moment” and that her “anxiety could have been relieved if I had read James Warren’s essay back then.” Whitney says that her family has the greatest impact on her life and that they inspire her to move forward. She is the oldest of four siblings, and is the first in her family to attend college. Whitney also says that making her Salvadorian family proud “is something that pushes me to do my best on a daily basis.”
Recommended Citation
Posada, Whitney
(2026)
"Reading Between the Lines of the College Essay Prompt,"
Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/undercurrents/vol2/iss1/6
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