<p>Last summer I worked on a project for ISTS in computational lingustics - modeling the evolution of languages. I don't know if this is really contest-winning material, but it's certainly not something you see every day. </p>
<p>Searching for essay topics, I've naturally wondered if this could be grounds for a good one. I am the archetypal CCer in some respects (awesome SATs, tons of APs, dull ECs, no real "hook"). But then, I'd imagine Harvard & co. get hundreds or thousands about research projects each year (though most are probably on more conventional bio or physics topics). The thing is I'm not really a science major necessarily, and in the rest of my app have tried to pass myself off as more of a Renaissance man polymath type. So would a well-written essay on my project work, or merely make the overworked admissions officers yawn?</p>