<p>"And I wrote about somebody who had never ridden in a car with me before."</p>
<p>Elaborate! I'd like to read that. ^^</p>
<p>j07, wanna PM it to me? :D</p>
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That sounds a lot like one of my friends... who I think could do/has actually done some of those things... <em>lol</em> :p</p>
<p>The introductory paragraph of my Common App essay contains some not-so-subtle innuendo. I guess that's not so much "offbeat" as "risky".
[QUOTE=me - please don't plagiarize!]
In Foreign Ministry parlance they call it going native. It’s what happens when a statesman commits the ultimate indiscretion: letting his eyes linger a moment longer than appropriate on the seductive outline of a foreign shore, inhaling unfamiliar scents like an exotic perfume, and without exactly realizing it, agreeing to spend the night—only in this case it might be a decade or a lifetime.</p>
<p>My illicit affair with the United States began innocently enough...<a href="I'm%20a%20diplomats'%20daughter,%20and%20the%20essay%20is%20about%20growing%20up%20as%20a%20third%20culture%20kid%20and%20adjusting%20to%20living%20in%20the%20United%20States.%20I%20guess%20if%20you're%20going%20to%20write%20about%20a%20topic%20that's%20been%20done%20to%20death,%20you%20might%20as%20well%20try%20to%20make%20it%20interesting.;">/quote</a>)</p>
<p>kekekekekekekekekekek ROOMATE</p>
<p>I almost wrote my essay on hating people. I guess I figured it would send the wrong message. :)</p>
<p>LMAO.</p>
<p>That is an EXCELLENT snippet, cameliasinesis! <3 </p>
<p>That essay that you linked sounds... well, somewhat like my UMich essay. >_> lol</p>
<p>Sir, if Bob Jones would make your mother die, what about BALL State?</p>
<p>musechick2007 - thanks! hopefully the adcoms will like it, too... :o</p>
<p>I wrote my essay about the stupidest thing I ever did...Punched a guy in PE and broke my hand. It got my into ND early...go figure.</p>
<p>I would rather go to community college than Liberty or Bob Jones.</p>
<p>I'm currently in the process of writing an essay about the time I saw the tree that Draco Malfoy jumps out of in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in real life. It is a dramatic tale involving sneaking past campus caretakers and a Marks & Spencer juicebox.</p>
<p>These essays! People! PM me, jeezus charist.</p>
<p>motorways: hahahahaha. That is the most random one so far</p>
<p>Heh, I figured it was an interesting way to talk about the study abroad program I did.</p>
<p>I’m not even a senior yet, but I wrote this introduction for an essay with some attempt at light humor and everyone told me it was wonderful but not elligible for like a college admissions essay 
… Tell me what you think: >>>
“My name is Krisly M.a Zamor and I am interested in your college. Like most, I have been innately gifted with the bequest of many talents. Unlike most, however, I have chosen to explore and develop practically each and every one of my talents. Since I believe that every being is born with numerous talents, I find it proud to announce myself as mentally and readily prepared for the completion. I am a writer specifically, but I am also a gardener, and I plant seeds in the souls of the unfed soils and nurture them into blossoming gardens. I am singer, and my voice is inevitable. With that, I am an editor and I persistently edit all that is unjust in this world. I am a beautician and I beautify the simple things in into greater creations. I am a soldier, without the battlefield, without a bullet or a trigger, yet I still win wars. And most importantly, and hopefully you can relate, I am an awesome dancer when nobody’s watching!”</p>
<p>I’ve had some rather funny ideas the last few days, so I’ve actually written 2 essays… one on how the brain is a communist dictator, and another about how I had an a longterm love affair with math, but I cheated on math with biology this year, and I made a B in Calculus because math found out about my adultery.</p>
<p>PinkPlan, what is all that rambling about? I can’t tell if you’re being serious, but if by the slightest chance you are, throw that heaping pile of flaming BS into the trash asap.</p>
<p>Haha, these are some hilarious ideas! I’ve heard of people doing the one sentence essay thing that others mentioned, but nothing apart from that really.</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about writing a brilliant essay about my personal struggles and the more impressive points on my resume, and about how it’s all inspired my quest for knowledge and devotion to the sciences, and then, halfway through, I’d just tell them its all bogus and elaborate on how college admissions officers everywhere are being duped by the second. (Maybe even admit against everything I’ve been told that I have no idea what I want to do with my life and the only reason I want to go to a prestigious university is to keep my options open.) Good plan?</p>
<p>Those one sentence essays are epic. My favorite was the “This is the biggest risk I’ve ever taken”!</p>
<p>@ohthatgirl: I would be careful with the second part of your essay. I understand what you’re rtying to do, and it seems pretty unique and risky, but telling colleges that you only want to go to a good school because you want to keep your “options open” is probably not the best idea. Don’t only take my word for it though, I’m a rising senior who hasnt written his own essay yet :P</p>