217/300 page autobiography idea

College Essays
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<p>Hey all!
So I was brainstorming for the infamous "autobiography" question, and I had a thought. I've always understood this question to be in regards to the future. What fool, first of all, would write a 300-page autobiography at the age of 18 (therefore making page 217 about some past experience)?</p>

<p>Anyway, here's my idea: The time period is, as to be expected, around 2/3 of the way through my life. However, due to <em>theoretical</em> future medical discoveries (the invention of every replacement part imaginable . . . advanced green teas that make the darn Asians live so long already . . . I don't know haha), I have so far lived to be 150. Page 217, therefore, is in regards to my 100th birthday and my personal goals for my future.</p>

<p>What do you think? Is it too much? I obviously took the "creative, non-traditional" approach lol</p>

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<p>that is certainly creative and nontraditional haha.</p>

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<p>Just for the record, I know people who were accepted by referring to a past experience in the essay.</p>

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<p>I doubt past or present matters much as long as the essay is well written and shows who you are.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think that'd work. I always liked the future idea, just because it'd be more fun for me to write, but I agree that either one is fine. Just make sure it's about <em>you</em> (as in you now - the person that the universities are going to admit), and not some random event that happens in the future.</p>