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while I was a teenager, i wrote the World’s most famous college application essay. The rebellious, random humor won first place in a Scholastic Writing Awards. When I arrived at New York University in New York City, my essay was published in Harper's.
- Hugh Gallagher
Hello, I’m Hugh Gallagher, author of the world famous...
- Hugh Gallagher
Nov 23, 2008 · This delightful college application essay became a chain letter and a meme, and it took me some time the other year to find the original. It was written by Hugh Gallagher in 1989, who sent it to at least one college when he applied in ’89, and it won a 1990 Scholastic writing contest.
Jul 19, 2016 · An email filling inboxes and circulating around social media touts the funniest, most outrageous "college application essay" ever written. The facts: It's real. But it wasn't really used to apply...
Hello, I’m Hugh Gallagher, author of the world famous “College Application Essay”. That essay, along with Journalism for Rolling Stone, Video scripts for Daft Punk, and my 90’s novel Teeth helped establish me as a leading voice of Generation X.
Dec 26, 1997 · This is an essay written by Hugh Gallagher when applying to New York University. He graduated from NYU in May 1994. In 1995, this essay was reprinted in The Guardian.
Hugh Gallagher is an author and musician from New York City. He is best known for his satire, including his band Von Von Von, his award-winning satire on the college application essay, "3A Essay", and the novel Teeth.
Mar 1, 1998 · With deft insight, sly humor, and dazzling prose, Hugh Gallagher captures the conflict of finding one's way in a culture that mocks ambition while craving celebrity.
