Authentic college essays result from an insightful process that uncovers the writer’s personality without obsessing over perfection.

Mr. McAllister is a novelist and the author of the memoir “Bury Me in My Jersey.” I was grading assignments for an undergraduate course in memoir writing when I experienced a severe crisis of faith ...

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