<p>I have two big concerns about my SFS essay (global issue, why important, what's to be done): Firstly, my issue is illegal immigration to the US, primarily from Mexico, and the legal and societal reactions to said immigration. Is this too narrowly focused, seeing as it only seems to majorly affect the US and the immigrants' home countries? And secondly: My essay is EXTREMELY SATIRICAL. As in, I took a hint from Swift and gave a horrible, awful solution involving mine fields and catapults. Is this a bad idea? I've just struggled to sound unique in this area, and I may have overdone it.</p>
<p>You’d better hope it doesn’t end up like Herman Cain’s “electric fence” joke…</p>
<p>Humor is risky- it can either set your essay apart in a good way if it registers well with the reader, or it can set your essay apart in a bad way if it offends the reader.</p>
<p>I’m a big proponent of using humor in college essays. However, I feel like the SFS essay doesn’t call for humor. So far, I’ve used humor in every college essay I’ve written except the SFS one. In this one, I think they want you to propose an actual feasible solution. Remember, Gtown wants its SFS grads to go on to be big names, policy makers. They want to see that you already have a strong ability to analyze and propose solutions when faced with political and societal problems. So, no, I wouldn’t use humor in this one. Good luck! Let’s hope we both get in!</p>