<p>Do college admission officers know what Pokemon is? Do I have to define/explain it?
How many of you don't know what Pokemon is?
Please help! Thanks :)</p>
<p>Go on the safe side and assume that they have no idea what they are. Dont spend a ton of time explaining them, but you should let them know what they are. Unless the officers are young, or have young children, they probably dont know what pokemon are.</p>
<p>When you right in your unique voice, is Pokeman what comes out? Really?</p>
<p>I am sure they know Pokemon, if for no other reason than they read essays about it last year.</p>
<p>It is not the topic that matters–it is what you do with it.</p>
<p>You might want to insert a sentence or two about what Pokemon are, just in case.</p>
<p>What’s the essay prompt…it would help us to know how you are using this?
Context helps to see if this makes sense.</p>
<p>Anyone under 30 would know.
Anyone over 30 will know if they have had children in their home in the past 10 years.
Over 60-- perhaps not.</p>
<p>Pokemon is a great topic - what are you going to write about exactly?</p>
<p>However, I agree with mom2012and14 - on the safe side anyone under 30 would no, over 30 wouldn’t.</p>
<p>@gildo - My main focus isn’t on Pokemon; I just need to mention it because I grew up in Toyonaka, Japan where Pokemon was a big thing. I’m actually writing about a special ocarina that I invented (and the invention idea came from Pokemon)</p>
<p>@mom2012and14 - I don’t need help on the prompt itself haha. Thanks anyway (:</p>
<p>@everyone else - thanks a lot 
haha</p>