does every paper need a thesis?

InlineFour

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i'm writing a paper for college admission about an experience that greatly affected me. it's not like a literary analysis or you're not trying to prove something.
 

The Godfather

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All essays do.

Hah they give that subject for every grade you have Literature. Every grade i've been they ask me to write about that, and yes, they want a thesis and paragraphs supporting that thesis.
 

Eeezee

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All good papers have a thesis.

Your paper should have a thesis along the lines of "I would make an excellent student at your university because I have personally learned such and such about myself/others/this and that"

Obviously you don't write that sentence in your paper, but that's the whole point of what you're writing, is it not?
 

Kadarin

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For it to be an "essay", it needs to have a thesis. If it did not, it would be a different form of writing.
 

Jzero

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As others have said, pretty much.

You may not spell it out as you would with a standard "n-paragraph essay," but it's just a good practice to make a thesis statement so that you know where you're going.