<p>What was the topic of your essay(s)? How did you write it? Are you satisfied with it? What would you have done differently? Reflect on the process.</p>
<p>I wrote my common application on being a hard-of-hearing/deaf debater. I think that it was a decent essay. Not spectacular, just "good enough" I suppose.</p>
<p>For several of supplements, I wrote about Neopets since it's such a significant part of my life. I like to think that it was unique; I focused on a specific aspect of Neopets and how it shaped my personality instead of going broad. I wish that I could have ran it by other people since it was a last minute essay that I did after I decided that I hated my previous essays. Hopefully I didn't make the wrong choice, but overall I feel good.</p>
<p>For the majority of my essays, I was very colloquial in tone. I spoke as if I were speaking to them directly (without the use of profanity, of course!). I think this played out fine and wasn't distracting; it was easier for me to convey my points this way.</p>
<p>Now, I'm just going to relax and not worry about college applications! Que sera sera. It won't define your entire life anyway!</p>
<p>I’m beyond satisfied with my UVA essay. It took me a LONG time to finally write them, because I was running so many ideas through my head. I honestly think that my two UVA supplements will help my application (well atleast not hurt it). </p>
<p>My common app essay and short reponse answers were “meh”. My CA could be given a 10or could be given a 1. It is really all about who is reading it. The reader must have taken the train a couple of times before inorder to fully know what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>My Penn sup is the only chance I have at the school. It’s very unique and has so much small details about Penn that I could be no-one else included in their essays. </p>
<p>The rest of my essays are just w/e. UVA is my #1, the other schools (besides Penn) I just applied to.</p>
<p>UVAorBust, would you mind sending your Penn essay for me to look at?</p>
<p>I feel exactly the same way. The person reading my application is just going to “like me” or not. I think I did everything I could, my ec’s are amazing… but I think my essay will either be taken as really “mehh okay” or really “wow.”</p>
<p>I really like my Common App essay, my (unique to) Georgetown, UChicago, and UNC supplements, and one supplement essay that I reused (a “significant experience”)-type thing. Some of my “Why X” essays I’m more meh about, which could be an ish come April.</p>
<p>How my interest in Asian music/culture developed. It’s not as nerdy as it sounds. My Yale supplement was about starting college early.</p>
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<p>By procrastinating and having some friends proofread it last second.</p>
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<p>Satisfied with my CommonApp essay, but it’s not super exceptionally incredibly amazing, because I don’t have those creative writing skills. My Yale supplement sucked though.</p>
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<p>Not procrastinated. And I probably would’ve chosen a different topic for my supplement.</p>
<p>My CommonApp essay was about how hard it was for me to write my CommonApp essay. In retrospect, it’s a good piece of writing and I really like it. I thought it was a bit of a risk to write on this particular subject (not because of the subject itself, but because I could use the space to say something more meaningful), but my counselor’s feedback was extremely positive, and since she’s usually pretty critical (not in a bad way) of students’ essays, that reassured me a lot.</p>
<p>The CommonApp essay I submitted to Vassar, however, was bad. I wrote it in a fit of desperation the day before the deadline and submitted it without editing it properly. (I came to my senses the next day and used the first essay for all other applications.) The less said about that one, the better.</p>
<p>My Why Mt. Holyoke paragraph is a bit of a concern. After I submitted it, I realized it could very well be about Smith, which the admissions people at MH might not appreciate. The worst thing is that I’m not applying to Smith and did not recycle my response–it’s just that I neglected to mention anything that’s truly unique to Mount Holyoke. fail</p>
<p>My Why Chicago is both something I’m proud of and something that makes me cringe. I have no idea if the admissions officers will like it, but at least half of it is very well written (by my standards). :D</p>
<p>My favorite things essay for Chicago is also a little, uh, “risky.” It touches on some heavy subjects (like rape, sexuality, discrimination, and murder), but I think it’s quite representative of my personality and interests, so I can’t regret sending it in.</p>