Every year SEM students and faculty vote on their favorite essays organized by categories. Here are the results of the annual polls.
Award
Winners
2023
Most Convincing
Wittiest
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It’s Better Raw
Best Title
Most Controversial
Best Research​
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Second Hand Saves
Best Introductory Hook
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Why I Laugh at Funerals
Best Conclusion
Most Passionate
Best Essay About a Food or Beverage
Most Random
Best Essay About a Book, Movie or Show
Best Essay About Clothing
Best Essay About Sports
Best Essay About Pickle Juice
2022
Most Convincing
Wittiest
Best Title
Most Controversial
Best Research
Best Introductory Hook
Best Conclusion
Most Passionate
Most Relatable
Best Essay About a Beverage
Best Essay About Food
Best Essay About Cake
Best Essay About Animals
Best Essay About Clothes
Best Essay About Music
Best Essay About Movies
Best Essay About Books
Best Essay About a Character
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2021
Most Convincing
Wittiest
Best Title
Most Controversial
Most Random
Best Introductory Hook
Best Conclusion
Most Passionate
Most Relatable
Best Essay About a Beverage
Best Essay About Food
Best Essay About a Movie or Show
Most Challenging to a Belief System or Ideology
Best Essay About Being Murdered in a Nightmare
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2020
Most Convincing
“Ciabatta: the Most Consistent and Well-Liked Meal at SEM”
Wittiest
Best Title
Most Controversial
“Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized Everywhere”
Most Random
Best Introductory Hook
Best Conclusion
“Sink or Swim. Preferably, Swim”
Most Passionate
Most Relatable
Best Essay About School
“EncourageMINTS: A Sweet Remedy to Test Anxiety and School Stresses”
Best Essay About Late Starts (School)
“Sleep For The Weak? I Think Not. Give Me My Morning’s Back.”
Best Essay Bout Athletics
Best Essay About a Movie or Show
“Be a Believer. Believe in Shrek”
Best Essay About Music
“‘Stronger’: Britney Spears’s Most Slept-On Song”
Best Essay About Food or Drink
“Ciabatta: the Most Consistent and Well-Liked Meal at SEM”
Best Essay About Popcorn
“Microwave, More Like Micro-Rave in Your Mouth”
Most Scientifically Sound
“H2 Whoa! Hold on Just a Second Now!”
Best Essay About Furbies
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2019
Most Convincing
Wittiest
Starbucks? More Like Spend-Bucks
Best Title
I was Hungry and Now Spongebob Needs a New House
Most Controversial
Unpopular Opinion? The World Is Flat
Most Random
Life Without Socks: Is it Life?
Best Introductory Hook
Starbucks? More Like Spend-Bucks
Best Conclusion
How a Show Named “Monster Factory” Helped me out of a Depressive Funk (and More)
Most Passionate
Most Relatable
Most Unlike Something Brooke Wrote
The Best of Both Worlds: Why Star Trek is Just So Much Better than Star Wars
Most Likely to Be Something Hannah Wrote
Best Essay About Animals:
The Key to Happiness (and Overall Fulfillment By Means of a Hairless Cat)
Most Environmental
Best Essay About Food or Drink
I was Hungry and Now Spongebob Needs a New House
Best Essay About the Dolan Twins
Same Genes, Different People: Why Grayson Dolan is the Better Twin
Best Essay About a Movie or Show
One Tree Hill Can and Will Change Your Life
Best Essay About Music
Sorry, Kanye, She Made Herself Famous
Best Essay About Halloween
It’s All About the Kids, Until They Inconvenience You
Best Essay About Shortening the School Day
Best Essay About Athletics
Two Swords Decapitate a Penguin
Best Essay About Toilet Paper
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