So I’ve been writing and editing my Common App Essay and I think it might be terrible. I believe I’m getting somewhere with my premise about the comparison of myself with a book character but it just sounds too unfocused at places and too much like thinly veiled bragging at others. Would anyone be willing to read it and tell me what they think?
this is pretty late @Aerophage but I could read it for you. I don’t know if my opinion really matters though lol
Sorry, but my PC died and I’m on my IPad…then I go back to school tomorrow.
For starters, Please send your essay ONLY to adults with proven posting history…click on their names and see what threads they’ve started.
Beyond that, here’s the litmus test: does your essay give the reader a reason to say yes to your essay??
Does it show me who you are as a person? Do I finish it thinking “now there’s a kid I want to meet!”??
If not, then back to the drawing board.
Off the top of my head, it sounds as though it might be too easy to get caught up in your theme, and to waste too many of those precious 650words trying to prove you’re just like Rhett Butler (or whoever). This essay needs to scream “YOU!!!” and no one else.
If it does that, you should be OK.