<p>Did anyone get into a sweet school (i.e., highly selective) with a crazy essay? By crazy I mean transgressive of the normal first-person, story-telling, here's what I learned essay. If so, please name the school and describe the content. Thanks!</p>
<p>lol, is someone trying to mooch ideas of the best and brightest of this forum?</p>
<p>P.S. Im not claiming to be a member of the group the aformentioned group.</p>
<p>Nice character, Healin. That'll really impress admission offices.</p>
<p>My essay ideas are kind of... creative. I was wondering if anyone had success with an essay that is really, well, out there. Because there isn't a craziness scale, the content response will allow me to appraise the relative craziness of my mine.</p>
<p>I'll let you know after I hear a response from the colleges.
I sent a poem, they asked for an essay.
Seems kind of crazy...or maybe just stupid.</p>
<p>Supplement-wise. yes. NYU.</p>
<p>Despite my Common app essay being normal-ish, my NYU supplement was off-the-charts crazy. For the question about what organization/club would you start, I think I topped the list... If you're still curious, PM me. It's too unique that anyone with anything similar (...ever again) would be under suspicion for sure.</p>
<p>The general rule is--thinking--Am I comfortable with writing this? Asking others works too.</p>
<p>My common app essay was crazy and I got into two reach schools with it. If you have a strange sense of humor like I do, take the risk.</p>
<p>^ Do you mind me asking which schools accepted you?</p>
<p>I would guess Rice..from their posts.</p>
<p>Rice and Northwestern...my family called it writing the kicka** essay.</p>
<p>"Here's what I learned" would be a "telling" and I would not recommend it or consider it "normal".</p>
<p>It doesn't matter what other people wrote in their essays. What matters is that your essay is personal, detailed, honest and revealing--about you. If "crazy" is you, then write a crazy essay and reveal yourself. If "crazy" is not you, don't imagine that you'll improve your chances of admission by attempting a crazy essay.</p>
<p>Yep I wrote a pretty crazy essay for UChicago and got in, but I guess that's a prerequisite for UChicago anyway.</p>
<p>Tufts has some pretty crazy essays. Let me give you the link....</p>
<p>Discovering</a> Voice: Essays That Matter - Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Tufts University</p>
<p>Yeah, Tufts is kind of known for that. It's not just that essay; there are others on that page too.</p>
<p>Discovering</a> Voice: Essays That Matter - Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Tufts University</p>
<p>^That one, I think, is particularly interesting.</p>
<p>hahaha omg search up the "clam fart" thread if you haven't seen it....it's not an essay, but it's still pretty CRAZY!!</p>
<p>the guy got into yale...</p>