<p>Every time I write an essay or creative sample for an application, I feel that I'm not good enough - at all. I feel really pathetic because my professors tell me to not change my style, but everyone else thinks my essays are bland...</p>
<p>That is how i pretty much feel. I feel like my essays are mediocre know matter how much effort i put in. There is no “special something” that will make them definately want me</p>
<p>It’s just awful. I’m applying for the Critical Studies major at USC, which requires me to submit a writing sample of a film critique, as well as other supplement essays and personal statement. I feel like everyone who gets in writes this amazing, flowery essay about some epiphany, but mine is really straight-forward. I’m not good at creative writing; I’m so used newspaper writing being a reporter for my college newspaper. My professors keep encouraging me to keep my style, but I feel like I’m just making a fool of myself whenever I write an essay and compare myself to others…UGH. I know should stop, but it’s so stressful when your peers don’t like it. ahhhhh</p>