<p>Is anyone citing sources on his SFS essay?</p>
<p>good question...I'd like to know too...</p>
<p>somebody help me!!!</p>
<p>No. You'll have plenty of time to write academic essays once you've entered college. The essay should have a personal bent to it, and it shouldn't read like something from JAMA. Rest assured, Georgetown has an academic integrity tutorial that will thoroughly review citation standards after you've been accepted.</p>
<p>At the informational session that I attended, they told us that SFS admissions officers are crazy about citations....</p>
<p>I talked to a friend who got in last year EA, and he said he didn't cite.</p>
<p>Crazy good or crazy bad?</p>
<p>I thought essays are focused and personal. Is SFS really an exception? I'm just wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>Well, when she told me crazy, she meant they go nuts for citations and straight statistics. But then again, if people have gotten in without citations, I dunno what to think anymore.</p>
<p>lonewolf: people have gotten in with citations and without, i'm sure. the most important thing is to write the best essay you can in a style that's natural and expressive of YOU. so stop worrying about what they want so badly, and be yourself!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>OK Everyone. Citations are not only unnatural but the direct opposite of a college app essay. The purpose is to show your voice and how you respond to an issue. Citations are completely unnecessary (think of how much space you are losing with all of those book titles!) I don't know about that info session, but I can say that I never cited anything and got in early. Not only that, but I have never heard anything about citing sources in a college essay in the 1.5 years I've been on this site. So please keep it real.</p>
<p>If you are looking for an example of what to write, think newspaper report/analysis. Do newspapers show their sources? Sometimes they mention another magazine, but they don't have a citation for every line. The same is true for your college essay. Good luck!</p>
<p>Here are some rules for when to cite:
1. When using a direct quote from a previously published work.
2. When paraphrasing an idea or theory found in a previously published work.
3. When referring to a previously published work (or the ideas expressed in it).
4. When using a previously published work to help formulate your own ideas.</p>
<p>I did not cite and I was admitted EA.</p>
<p>I gave a general overview of the topic in the first paragraph, which is common knowledge so does not require citation. In my section section, I analyzed it and kind of explained some of the implications. This was supposed to be my own thoughts on it and my own analysis. Then the final section was on what I propose to be done about it.</p>