Spend about 4 dollars and get this book. I just finished it and it's a good one. Lots of models to follow (but not plagiarize!).

Essays That Worked: 50 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Colleges

I'm strapped for cash at this very moment...
I therefore don't know if I should buy the book that promises to turn me into a babe magnet or the one that shows me how to turn $10 into $10.000 virtually overnight...

Buy the second one first. Then you won't need the first one.