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It's time to start my school's committee letter app, and it has a lot of writing prompts.
I've been rereading my college app essays and proofreading my friend's essays to do the community college to university switch, and I've proofread a few med school essays through this forum.
In all of these, I notice the writing is technically and grammatically perfect, they answer the prompt, might even have an interesting story...but they all have this dull, straightforward...tone, I guess? I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but it just conveys the feeling of "this is a STEM kid that was forced into every humanities class she's ever taken." I'm sure some of the answer will come down to practicing writing, but I don't know what to practice.
What exactly is wrong with these essays? Can anyone help me identify what exactly they have in common so I can work on avoiding it?
I've been rereading my college app essays and proofreading my friend's essays to do the community college to university switch, and I've proofread a few med school essays through this forum.
In all of these, I notice the writing is technically and grammatically perfect, they answer the prompt, might even have an interesting story...but they all have this dull, straightforward...tone, I guess? I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but it just conveys the feeling of "this is a STEM kid that was forced into every humanities class she's ever taken." I'm sure some of the answer will come down to practicing writing, but I don't know what to practice.
What exactly is wrong with these essays? Can anyone help me identify what exactly they have in common so I can work on avoiding it?