Nowadays it is not only about your resume or extracurricular activities when trying to enter a decent college or university. We all know that, besides your strong points that make you a valid candidate, application forms play an important role as well. Thus, besides your written resume, your college application essay or letter, as well as the face to face interview weight enough in the professors' balance.

   This is why you should try your best and handle a perfect college paper when submitting for a place in a prestigious college. Below you will find some useful tips given by professors themselves into putting together a successful college application.

    Concision and precision are the keys to success

   First of all, be concise with your paper. Most colleges or universities will ask you for a rather simplified essay form, say the five paragraph essay. This is both easier and trickier since it has a limited space and you must try your best and fit all your ideas. Thus, being concise and sometimes even cold or dull in expressing your ideas is better. Every teacher expects to read an application letter or essay within a couple of minutes, so you wouldn't want to waste their time on papers longer than 250-300 words.

    Forget about blooming personal achievements

   Next, always choose honesty over accruing personal achievements. An application letter should be all about stating your true values, titles and prizes won throughout school years and not about bragging with a plentitude of unknown foreign languages or inexistent achievements.

    Stand out in the crowd

   Thirdly, originality will be paid off. Think about how could you distinguish yourself from other dozens of applications and try and make your statement as original as possible while also maintaining the academic requirements. Reading before enough essay samples will give you an insight about the right approach.

   Yes, originality pays off but you should bare attention on your language and tone. Try and be vivid enough, sometimes even controversial but in a positive way. Abstain from using humor as it is not the case and keep your paper neat, clean, concise and precise. Sometimes oral expression is better than just handing out a piece of paper so, if you find the correct opportunity, take advantage of it and state some of your personal matters orally.