> In one admissions cycle, I wrote over a hundred essays and earned enough money to pay my bills for the rest of the year, pay off my car loan, and—as a treat for my hardworking hands—receive $150 Japanese manicures on a biweekly basis.

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> At the end of every writing season, I always swear I will quit, but I’m still broke with no idea about the shape of my future.

Either she's a great writer, and horrible at managing her finances, or she is lying. No?