Here are some samples of college application essays, SAT verbal section (essay, critical reading, general tips) as well as some tips on SAT scores and college admissions in general:
Admission Essays:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=The+Best+College+Admission+Essays+pdf&aq=f&oq=The+Best+College+Admission+Essays+p
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sample+college+essays
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/essay-skills/
http://www.quintcareers.com/college_application_essay.html
http://www.accepted.com/college/sampleessays.aspx
http://www.internationalstudent.com/essay_writing/college_essay.shtml
http://www.college-admission-essay.com/essays.html
http://www.teenink.com/CollegeEssays/index.php
http://www.essayedge.com/promo/samplework
http://www.collegetips.com/college-classes/sample-college-essays.php
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/?once=true&
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/essay_tips.htm
http://www.vault.com/graddegree/admissions/adminessayslists.jsp?ch_id=408
http://www.gradesaver.com/schools/
http://www.gradesaver.com/samples/college/
http://www.myessay.com/ugrad/samples/
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/sample_college_essays_2.htm
http://www.freschinfo.com/admissions-stamps.php
http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/nextstep/college-admissions-essay.aspx
http://www.gocollege.com/admissions/applications/essays/outline.html
http://www.offtocollege.com/first_time/essayedge_sample.html
http://www.admissionsessays.com/
http://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/college-applications/
http://www.downtowncollegeprep.org/college_essays.php
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/lessonone.asp
http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/pages/articles/article70.php
http://www.intothebest.com/essay_answers/examples.jsp
http://www.studyoverseas.com/tips/scholar1.htm
http://www.echeat.com/category.php?f=83
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/college-application-essays/index.htm
http://www.resumeminers.com/Continuing-Education/College-Admission-Essay-Index.htm
http://www.west.net/~stewart/bestc.htm
http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/103329
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/470246/sample_college_essays.html
http://www.wilbers.com/college.htm
http://www.stateuniversity.com/blog/permalink/The-College-Admission-Essay.html
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/28/051128sh_shouts
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/tip-sheet-essay/
http://www.askmssun.com/hs-app.htm#ps
http://askmssun.livejournal.com/36626.html
http://www.admissions.sa.ucsb.edu/Pdf/PersonalStatement.pdf
http://www.cfep.uci.edu/ub/senior_center/uc_personal_statement.html
http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/university-of-california-uc/personal-statement.asp
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/info/PDFs%20for%20Site/essaywksphandout.pdf
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090823144737AA5gcOi
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/how_apply/personal_statement.html
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/EssayPrompts.htm
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/lfi_introductions.asp
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/25018-editing-your-college-essays.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/82799-how-impress-adcoms-your-extracurriculars.html
http://www.alphastudent.com/start-an-essay-opening-sentence/
http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/CollegeApplicationEssayTips.html
http://www.wisdomquotes.com/
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.quotegeek.com/
http://www.quoteland.com/
http://www.thebigwhy.com/sense.htm
SAT Critical Reading:
http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/category/sat-strategies/sat-strategies-reading/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/669275-tips-how-reach-750-critical-reading.html
SAT Essays:
http://hubpages.com/hub/SAT_Preparation_The_SAT_Essay
http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-good-essay-sat
http://www.majortests.com/sat/essay-formats.php
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days-3.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days-7.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/608525-have-you-ever-gasp-lied-your-sat-essay.html
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/after/essay_prompts.html
http://www.examdude.com/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html
SAT Grammar:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/01/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_3.htm
SAT Tips:
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/sat-test-prep.html
http://www.testinfo.net/sat/sat-tips.htm
http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/
SAT Scores:
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/sat/f/goodsatscore.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/sat/a/SAT_Public_Univ.htm
http://www.satscores.us/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090215200359AA8MjUd
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/standardizedtests/a/convertSAT2ACT.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theact/f/goodactscore.htm
SAT Prep Courses:
http://www.bayareatutoring.com/
http://solutionsbayarea.com/acompare.html
Writing Resources:
Internet Quote of the Day
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics.html
http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/research
http://www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
The Harper Book of Quotations Revised Ed, Robert I. Fitzhenry
Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Times, Laurence J. Peter
The Elements of Style, Strunk and White (also Strunk’s original at http://www.bartleby.com/141/)
The Careful Writer, Theodore M. Bernstein
The Practical Stylist, Sheridan Baker
On Writing Well, William K. Zinsser
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing, Claire Kehrwald Cook
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, H. W. Fowler (The King’s English at http://www.bartleby.com/116/)
Structure: http://homeworktips.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/fiveparagraph.htm
Grammar: http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/
Grammar/Mechanics/Process: http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/in-line.html
Grammer/Techniques: http://www.lynchburg.edu/writcntr/guide/
College Writing: http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/
Writing/Revising: http://www.powa.org/
Writing with Writers: http://www.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm
Process/Forum: http://www.teenwriting.about.com/
