<p>I'm going to join the general opinion and say "NO!"</p>
<p>very risky ... there are so many different things you can write about. Why Menstruation?</p>
<p>I agree with celebrian-- your writing style is good, the topic could use some work. Too risky.</p>
<p>what about masturbation? that apply better for both genders...:D</p>
<p>It's okay if you don't mind if the reader vomits. Include a paper bag with your application. You should be able to get one at any local grocery store.</p>
<p>ew
...that was...odd.
and hard to read</p>
<p>Personally, I never found menstruation so disgusting... so, way to freak out about it and show your immaturity, guys.</p>
<p>But with that said, I don't understand your essay. I mean it'd be a risky but effective essay, if you had a point. I just feel like you're rambling. You ramble about this bit and that bit and nothing really ties together it feels like. Maybe my reading comprehension sucks or maybe your essay is very disjointed. </p>
<p>I dont' understand your problem with being a "girl mathematician" and how that ties in with menstruating... AT ALL. There are plenty of women mathematicians, and even more aspiring to be, so it's really not all that hard and rare. And, what does being a woman mathematician have to do with having your period??? Does your period PREVENT you from succeeding? I certainly hope not.</p>
<p>Good style, poor topic...to be quite blunt</p>
<p>pebbles said it perfectly. i dont understand how either relate to one another. i think its a poor topic about menstruation and you dont like it / work with ur topic very well either. pick a new one</p>
<p>It is natural for girls, nauseating for guys.</p>
<p>We can be sure no teenage boys will be reading it in the admissions office. Most men are not freaked out like boys are about menstration.</p>
<p>If you say so.</p>
<p>It seems like you are trying too hard to be original there... There are many more boys then girls that are interested in math, but I doubt it has anything to do with menstruation.</p>
<p>it's too risky..i wouldn't use it</p>
<p>on a personal note, it was extremely weird and i didn't like it.</p>
<p>It also doesn't make you seem like much of a Can-Do Kid. If you go into college thinking you can't be great at math because you're a girl, then there's no point in going, is there? I doubt it will be nauseating for people in the admissions office, but it will be awkward and inappropriate. It's not something people normally discuss in public. I'd say it's right up there with an essay about your sex life.</p>
<p>I loved your essay. You're obviously a very talented writer. Moreover, the fact that the essay confronts such a taboo topic so bluntly is really quite refreshing. Very well done, it's really a wonderful piece of writing.</p>
<p>As for a college essay, my intuition is that how well it would go over would probably depend largely on who reads it. And given the responses it has elicited here, it seems a pretty polarizing topic. It's only really a "gamble" in the sense that any good art is a "gamble": some people will like it and some will hate it. Even if I disliked the essay, though, I think I'd still have to commend you for having the guts to submit it.</p>
<p>It's really up to you - submit it and hope that whomever reads it is like me, or employ your skills with a somewhat less controversial topic :)</p>
<p>As an afterthought, Don DeLillo springs to mind reading that. Might want to pick up "Great Jones Street", if you haven't already.</p>
<p>I am going to agree with the majority here and say that is very risky. Besides that, I found the essay somewhat confusing and wordy.</p>
<p>Hmm...I don't think the topic of menstruation is as offensive as your descriptions and focus on it. The first portion starts off as a great essay. The last paragraph just made me sick and I'm not one to get grossed out at that type of stuff. If you are lucky enough to get have people review the essay with very open minds, it's fine. I suggest that you somehow remove that topic from the essay and have it go in a different direction.</p>
<p>Try to have that direction stear clear of disgusting bodily functions.</p>
<p>! Whoa! that essay was confusing x_x</p>