The Admissions Essay Story of Mackenzie Fierceton vs. Penn

Let’s face it, writing your college essay is stressful. College admissions departments may tell you otherwise, but they are looking for the wow factor in your story.

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Students all over the world search the depth of their brains to summon the creativity and impactful zest needed to go into the pile of essays of students who will be admitted instead of the ones that are not.

An example of this can be seen in the story of Mackenzie Fierceton. As reported by chronicle.com, “the details are almost noirishly complex.”

The article explains the situation as such: “The story hinges on a conflict between Fierceton and the over the veracity of her college application essay, in which she described a profoundly troubled childhood plagued by severe abuse at the hands of her mother (including a beating so bad it resulted in a lengthy hospital stay) and time in foster care.”

But there is so much more to this story, as well as the investigation. Read the entire story here.