<p>I was asking my college buddy to take a look at one of my essays, and he took one look at the first sentence and told me that I was headed in the wrong direction. I plan to apply to an engineering school and he told me that my essay should most likely be about how I am innovative or driven to pursue engineering. Basically make the colleges think that I will be a good engineering student. Now I'm not saying that other essays are random or off-topic, but do you think that engineering students have to necessarily write essays that expose their scientific minds or can it be more free?</p>
<p>Well, if this is the case then I’m screwed. ):</p>