<p>For a wonderful parody on the college essay please read Christopher Buckley's piece in the current New Yorker.
I think those of you who have struggling chlidren will love this one- share it with them. It may help relax your prodigy.</p>
<p>Chuck</p>
<p>Thanks for posting. I loved it! It goes together with the Conan O'Brien Harvard 2000 Commencement Speech. Which is not to be surprised at since O"Brien did write for TV after graduating :)</p>
<p>That is hilarious. I even had to send it to my friend.</p>
<p>That's hysterical! I'll have to show it to my son...</p>
<p>Good one. It just got better as it went on. Like, in my opinion, anyways.</p>
<p>Ohmigosh. I almost wet my knickers reading this aloud to my daughter. What a stitch!</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the link - I'm sure Harvard would be delighted to accept this mythical student!</p>
<p>No, no, let him go to Yale, where the Buckleys, pere et fils, attended. :)</p>
<p>What a riot! E-mailed it to the D.</p>
<p>Great essay, but too long. Word count is 765.</p>
<p>LOL, edad, but how could we chop off 265 words of the essay? As jmmom commented, it gets better as it goes. The extra word count allows him to quote Arthur Miller (the college bathroom as a crucible), Nietszche (Stinking and Shrinking) and JFK ( Ask instead what you can do TO your country), not to mention the "walkabout money" for hard working admission officers. :) There definitely is something for everyone in that essay.
The only thing left to wonder is how was it produced. Handwritten? Typed on an IBM Selectric or some more ancient typewriter? Computer-generated? What kind of format? Did he use Adobe Acrobat Professional? Oh, the questions!</p>
<p>The saddest part is that I have little doubt that this essay will end up being copied and recommended by more than one English teachers and that it will end up verbatim in more than a few application files.</p>