<p>Sup guys, I wrote supplement that was a humorous essay about how I nearly **** my pants while out on a jog...and I talk about what I learned philosophically as well as life lessons. Is just the idea itself of ****ting your pants too inappropriate or controversial for college admissions? Will they look down upon it at all? It's pretty good and I don't want to just throw it away. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks.</p>
<p>oh and since it censored it, i meant poop if that wasn’t clear to anyone</p>
<p>If you don’t take the college essay seriously, colleges won’t take you seriously. Have some people read it, see what they think. </p>
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So is William Burroughs (perhaps). But a Burroughs college essay would not fly.</p>
<p>Hey, Burroughs went to Harvard.</p>
<p>^In the 1930s. Applications then were much more dry. See JFK’s application, for instance. I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t even a personal statement in the application.</p>
<p>I did take it seriously and wrote about important lessons and whatnot. The reason why I wrote about it is because it was the first thing that came to mind and I tied in philosophical concepts. People have read it and told me it was pretty good, would the topic be too inappropriate? That’s the main question</p>
<p>It’s probably inappropriate for just about every college, and it would be wildly inappropriate for many colleges. Why don’t you write one about the fun of being an Internet ■■■■■?</p>
<p>Since when did writing about a humorous story from the heart constitute to be being a ■■■■■? I’m actually considering using this but if anybody wants to read it, I’m open to critique.</p>
<p>I certainly don’t want to read it, and I doubt if the admissions committee will either. Maybe you’re not a ■■■■■, but come on.</p>
<p>I wrote about it is because it was the first thing that came to mind</p>
<p>Here’s the first thing that comes to my mind, as a reviewer, writing a comment: * Essay topic choice doesn’t reflect maturity, judgment or any sense of appropriateness. Uncertain what message he is conveying about himself and his fit at [name of college.]* </p>
<p>It’s a college app. Read by adult strangers who neither know your wacky sense of humor (read: lack of filter) nor have any obligation to like you despite it. You put that sort of thing in your hs newspaper- if they’ll have it.</p>
<p>As long as you have honestly relate to it. If it has happened to you and you know all the feelings and thoughts, then yeah. If not, I wouldn’t go there. Here is an example of [essay</a> on currency](<a href=“http://dissertationcompanyreviews.com/essay-on-currency.html]essay”>http://dissertationcompanyreviews.com/essay-on-currency.html). read how the topic is elaborated to a good essay.</p>
<p>its a shame how people are so quick to judge. you guys haven’t even read it and are already labeling it as trash</p>
<p>Is nt any essay about poop considered trash?</p>
<p>Quick to judge, yes. But, you note it was the first thing that came to mind. So, one could say you are quick to cling to it. </p>
<p>Btw, adcoms have roughly 15 minutes to review your entire app- an average of about 14 pages, including the essay, all short answer questions and/or any supps, each LoR, plus writing comments and rating. That’s where you want to worry about quick judgments.</p>
<p>Remember that adcoms are adults. Show your essay to some adults–ideally adults who aren’t members of your family–and see what they think.</p>
<p>i have…and they all said it was really good, but maybe might not appeal to everybody on the admissions committee</p>
<p>in case you guys are wondering, i’m not using it anymore cuz its kinda risky even though i liked it =(</p>
<p>I’d say high risk, high reward. I wouldn’t put it on your common app though, but it can’t hurt if you send it to a reach school if you don’t care about the application fee.</p>
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They’re telling you in a nice way not to use it.</p>
<p>I don;t want to jump to any conclusions, but, I guess if you can convey a deeper meaning to the experience, it could work. And if you do it well, maybe it might even stand out, you never know… But it could be quite a risk though. Still, I do not want to judge the essay without reading it first :D</p>