<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am applying this year and I had a question about this essay:</p>
<p>Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you </p>
<p>I wrote my common application essay about Indian sandwiches in terms of not eating them at school out of embarrassment and then eventually coming to terms with my diversity and such. could that essay work for this prompt?</p>
<p>Dude! We are applying to the same colleges! haha</p>
<p>I think that essay would definitely work. Very unique</p>
<p>haha =). Penn didnt work im guessing haha</p>
<p>yeah…</p>
<p>But to be honest, I kinda expected it. Being an orm didn’t help. haha</p>
<p>yeahh same here. oh well there are plenty of other schools! im sure we shall get in somewhere!</p>
<p>Just as a hint, I wouldn’t want to stress being an ORM, if I were you. I think a large part of their issue with Asians (with all due respect), is that many are stereotypical, racially defined, people without dimensions to them beyond it. If I were you, I would look past the race card and try to find something which really pulls on your and their heartstrings. Otherwise, you run the risk of being called just another Asian kid who’s not at all assimilated with only the Asian dimension to him/her. Writing about race is ALWAYS a risk, even for URM’s, so unless your essay is literary gold, I would opt for a more compelling, honest piece that will pull them to put you in the Admit pile.</p>
<p>i see what you mean and I appreciate your input, but i dont feel that I am pulling the “race card” since it is nothing to show off about. the funny part is i am very much assimilated, but i see what you mean.</p>
<p>It’s a neat idea; you could probably use it for the the other option, too.</p>
<p>thank you I appreciate it =). I just wanted to make sure it worked the ambiguous prompt made me unsure haha</p>