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The '''2013 Admissions Essay Leak''' was the latest in a long line of [[prefrosh]] [[Facebook]] group follies. About 70 apple-cheeked admitted students uploaded their college application essays to a public Google Drive folder. [[Gawker]] and [[IvyGate]] published them. It was surely pretty obnoxious for the first-years to post them, but a whole other thing entirely for the media to share them.

In solidarity, [[Bwog]] and [[The Columbia Lion]] decided to post excerpts of their own staffers' admissions essays.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2013/04/23/in-solidarity-bwogs-applications/ "In Solidarity: Bwog's Applications"] Bwog 4/23/13</ref><ref>[http://columbialion.com/blog/midnight-snack-our-admissions-essays-were-dumb-too/ "Midnight Snack: Our admissions essays were dumb too"] Columbia Lion 4/24/13</ref>

Two days after, one of the most obnoxious kids wrote a post for xoJane<ref>http://www.xojane.com/issues/im-one-of-the-columbia-class-of-2017-mocked-on-the-internet-for-my-application-essay</ref>. An example sentence: "From my playwriting experience, I was comfortable using a script as a medium for my progression of thoughts on this topic."

[[Category:Class of 2017]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.ivygateblog.com/2013/04/columbia-class-of-2017-post-their-application-essays-say-the-darndest-things/ IvyGate's post]
*[http://gawker.com/this-personal-essay-will-get-you-into-columbia-478217730 Gawker's post]
*[http://bwog.com/2013/04/23/2017-shows-their-cards/ Bwog's post]
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/04/23/haters-gonna-hate Spec's feel-good editorial]
*[http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/class-of-2017-essays-leaked-by-gawker Spectrum's post]