<p>Hey I was wondering if you guys could let me know if its alright for my essay to have some funny, sarcastic notes throughout.. </p>
<p>dont worry, the whole thing is not a joke. </p>
<p>I promise it is not over the top. I just thought it would help to show a little bit of my personality, given the crazy situation I wrote about. </p>
<p>So, the big question:
CAN MY ESSAY BE FUNNY?</p>
<p>Please help me! My essay is due for class tomorrow lol!</p>
<p>no takers? wah wah waaaah…
where can a girl get some advice?</p>
<p>I think it’ll just give the paper some voice, which is a good thing. :)</p>
<p>I think it can be funny, if it is actually funny. You will have to test it out and get some feedback.</p>
<p>watch the line between funny and sarcastic. There are some people that are really turned off by sarcasm. Humerous is a good thing for anyone that has to read a million of these!</p>
<p>It depends on the school; probably not a good idea for West Point or some other straight laced schools but fine for most, assuming it is well written and tells the college something about yourself.</p>
<p>^^ This is true. Many people do not like sarcasm.</p>
<p>Of course it can be funny! Humor is practically the number one way to bag a reader… that and sad / touching stories. Just make sure the humor isn’t forced, or you won’t come out sounding funny at all 
Good luck!</p>
<p>thank you all so much! im excited now!</p>
<p>It can be but of you over do out do believe the reader will know your just like all teenager s thinking college is a game</p>
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<p>Humor is fine, but there’s a major catch. Most adolescent writers are not very good at it. They simply aren’t very funny, and come off sounding like pimpled 15 year-olds, despite what they think of themselves and their abilities. Were I your counselor, English teacher, or admissions officer, I’d strongly suggest you may want to consider a different approach. I’d wonder if you could pull this one off.</p>
<p>And btw, humor or otherwise is not institution-specific.</p>
<p>^ I disagree. Adolescents, even young adolescents can be funny. I can still remember one of my fifth grade classmates delivering a hilarious speech about his Thanksgiving Day. His family did not celebrate Thanksgiving because his mom thought it was a huge pain in the neck. He had everyone rolling in the aisles, including our teacher. Funny can be funny, no matter the age.</p>
<p>Oh, I totally agree. Kids CAN be funny. And it’s not an easy thing to pull off. Having read many, make that MANY college essays, too many of which have failed miserably at this task, I’ll stick with my point. </p>
<p>It can be and has been done many times in winning fashion. I’ve even seen several who’ve done it well while applying to service academies and “straight laced schools,” whatever they may be? (Soldiers, sailors, engineers, and scientists are not prohibited nor discouraged from laughing or appreciating a humorous epistle.) And for more it’s missed the mark. </p>
<p>The point is if one chooses this route, failing to be funny can be fatal as it illustrates both poor writing and adolescent judgement. When you go this route, one risks conveying substantial insight about the writer, and that can be good or otherwise. I’d wonder if asking the question doesn’t in itself answer his specific question rather specifically.</p>