Fav. things essay--creative a bad idea?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>My s has just written a hilarious (I think) response to the favorite things mini-essay. It 's witty but not profound. It doesn't let the reader into his heart or soul or anything like that, but it does show that he can be creative and articulate and funny (rather than just a science/math nerd).</p>

<p>Is this too risky? Will he get kudos for being bold and irreverant with the question? Or will he get the application people miffed because they think he didn't take the question with the seriousness that it kinda seems to ask for?</p>

<p>(I do think that it means that he has to show his more serious side on some other question--maybe the main essay, which he hasn't started to think about yet)</p>

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<p>My favorite things essay was not serious in the least bit, so I don't think they would despise your son's approach.</p>

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<p>If it's good and sounds like him, I think he should go with it. </p>

<p>Last year there was a guy--mikethemaddog66--who was from the New Jersey shore and wrote one of his short essays to the tune of a Beach Boys song. The Maroon featured him in an article about EA students. (I think he got in but opted for Columbia.)</p>