Essay as a list

<p>So i wrote the brown essay-what don’t you know as a list.
the list isn’t just one word per line, each line has a coherent though and expression
do you think this is a good idea or a crazy gamble?</p>

<p>I think it works just as long as the essay is really saying something about you. Though the topic may be “what don’t you know,” that’s not really what Brown is interested in. They want to know about you as a person.</p>

<p>hmm, thank you.
bump, any other opinions?</p>

<p>If it’s coherent, it could work very well. List essays, however, are hard to do right; they can easily become trite.</p>

<p>I think that as long as you can make it work, a list is a fresh idea. It’s also easier on the eys of an admissions officer ;)</p>

<p>^agreed. Unconventional applications ftw.</p>

<p>I’m sending in a poem about myself (:</p>