<p>People have written essays in the form of a haiku - so this idea is hardly unknown. But you don’t have much length to work with, so it’ll be difficult to pull off. And if it doesn’t work, it’ll stick out like a sore thumb. But if it works, it could be epic - after all the Gettysburg Address is only about 270 words long.</p>
<p>Try it if you must, but don’t unleash it unless you get a big thumbs up from people who know the schools you’ll be applying to and how they’ll react to such an essay.</p>