<p>On one essay I decided to quote some thing at the beginning. Is this ideal or should I try something else?</p>
<p>I’ll tell how mine worked out on Dec. 15th :P</p>
<p>lol I don’t have till Dec. 15th.</p>
<p>Sure a quote can work. Go for it.</p>
<p>Well, that’s one vote up. :P</p>
<p>My D used quotes at the beginning of both her common app essay, and the main essay for her early EA application. Two different quotes, of course. However… they were quotes that fit into the story she was telling. One was from a book, she used it to describe her introduction to a fictional character who had an impact on her. The other was a Latin phrase that a teacher wrote on the board to demonstrate something, and she told a story about that class and that phrase.</p>
<p>So she didn’t just take a quote and talk about its meaning to her or something like that. It was an integral part of the story she was telling.</p>
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<p>Was it esse est percipi?</p>
<p>Very interesting. I’m using several quotes about the future since my essay is about my higher education.</p>
<p>Nope, Iceqube, that is not it. 
Descuff, I am not sure what you mean by “about my higher education”. But generally they are not looking for something describing what you want to do in college… The essays that are strongest reveal something about your personality or character, ideally by showing via some example what that is. Dry and generic is not good… and it seems like there is a real risk in an essay about your higher education plans that has several quotes in it runs that risk.</p>
<p>Well @intparent: I’m using only 2 quotes that fit well into my essay. I meant that because higher education is in the future, I’m using quotes about the future.</p>