<p>okay, i have two completed essays (all edited and finalized, i hope) now, one of which describes my predicaments growing up as an immigrant in a fatherless household; the other talks about my complicated ethnic background.</p>
<p>For Harvard, I can use both by using one for the commonapp and the other for the supplement, but for columbia, ive gotta choose one!
personally, i feel like the single-mother household essay sticks out more, although i'm worried b/c my words approach 600, and there's a slight chance that people may mistake it as a sob story, which i'm certainly NOT aiming for.</p>
<p>so basically i'd like people to choose which one is better.
if i don't get any replies, i'll risk directly C&Ping them on here since they're both unique topics.</p>
<p>PM me. I'll read them. However, if you think both are good enough to be submitted to Harvard, it's a moot point which to choose because each should be stellar.</p>
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<p>This thread has 4 replies...and 42 views. Most threads have a much higher ratio of views to replies. For every identified poster reading your essays, you'd have many, many unidentified posters reading them, and anonymous people can be verrry stupid. All it takes is one. Don't copy-paste! Copy-pasting bad! Can get stomped on for plagiarism!</p>
<p>essays sent to Upoh. my thanks to him, and anyone else?
also, i cant believe that any of those 42 people who've viewed them grew up in a fatherless household AND grew up as an immigrant. what are the chances of that?</p>