You've got to start somewhere...

...why not here? Seniors in high school and transfer students find that writing the perfect college essay (or personal statement) is frustrating, to say the least. While you might be used to taking pictures of yourself or talking to your friends about your experiences, using words to "sell" yourself to a college admissions board can be intimidating and stressful. 

That's where The Messy Essay comes in. The Messy Essay was founded by a former English teacher and mom of three with a desire to turn what can be (and usually is) a messy process into something streamlined, organized and less stressful for students (and their parents!). 

 
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
― Sylvia Plath
— The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath