Jokes > Hugh Gallagher's 'College Essay' It seems that Hugh Gallagher wrote this for a national writing contest, and that an Urban Legend has since arisen that he wrote it as an actual application essay. 18 June 1998, update.
Hugh Gallagher emailed me(!) , and said: "I was happy to see my college essay on your site (by the the way, I did send it to colleges)". So that's that Urban Legend laid to rest, then? Art & Copy. The Age of the Essay. September 2004 Remember the essays you had to write in high school?
Topic sentence, introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, conclusion. The conclusion being, say, that Ahab in Moby Dick was a Christ-like figure. Writing, Briefly. March 2005 (In the process of answering an email, I accidentally wrote a tiny essay about writing.
I usually spend weeks on an essay. ISSUE 74: Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?