<p>I could have sworn that I posted a thread yesterday about unique admissions essays, but I don't see it anywhere. </p>
<p>I wanted to know if a student has a chance of getting into Harvard with an essay about the importance of hotdogs and how people don't realize how important they really are. I think it's quite humorous, but not sure if it's appropriate. I included myself in the essay, stating how hotdogs helped me maintain my GPA, work ethic, etc. Just wanted someone else's opinion.</p>
<p>You did post it (and I responded, and you responded back, I believe). All posts after the 18th were deleted due to some board problems.</p>
<p>Dude are you kidding me? Hot dogs?</p>
<p>I suspect you're joking but in case you're not:</p>
<p>No, you have no chance. You'll stand out, but you'll stand out as an idiot. You're competing with tens of thousands of distinguised applicants who have sought out more impressive ways of making themselves stand out than discussing hot dogs. Furthermore, your essay will be interpreted as nothing more than a low-brow ridicule of the college admissions process and Harvard's reputation.</p>
<p>a student got into duke with an essay about the color purple</p>
<p>You're not that student.</p>
<p>Welll . . .UChicago had a wacko essay topic on mustard so as long as your essay is somewhat informative as to who you are you should be fine
(assuming your haha factor doesn't bomb too grossly)</p>
<p>My dad once had a student who got into Yale with a satirical essay about why Roget's thesaurus was his favorite book. If I remember correctly, though, Harvard's app only asks for one essay - and I think you might want to take a somewhat more serious tack</p>
<p>Harvard has one required essay, one short answer, and the option of submitting a supplementary essay</p>
<p>but there's a huge difference between an essay on someone's favorite book and an essya on the importance of HOT DOGS. if the essay has no relation or meaning to you as a person, why are you writing about it anyway?</p>
<p>The thesaurus essay sounds like it could have been some really intelligent satire. A hot dog essay could go either way, really...</p>
<p>you could write a more formal essay and then include the hot dog one as a supplemental one if you wanted.</p>
<p>Hot dogs taste good.</p>
<p>Hot dogs from baseball games and football games taste the best. I think it's the atmosphere. :)</p>
<p>Fenway Franks are pretty good but I think the best would be the hot dogs I eat at home at a Patriots game.</p>
<p>They serve those cool sausages at Gillette, btw. Those taste good.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, I do not think I have ever had a hot dog from Fenway.</p>
<p>I'm a HUGE fan of ND hot dogs.</p>
<p>mmmm...Fenway Franks. can't beat those. i hope those are in the essay.</p>
<p>OK time to bring this over to the off topic thread. Sorry for the temporary side track.</p>
<p>Was the essay on the centrality of processed foods in American culture and how this reveals the innate self-destructiveness of human nature?</p>
<p>In that case, it's a darn good topic.</p>
<p>ok, so i guess hotdogs was a bad idea. i just thought it was different. did any of u write a creative essay? if so, about what?</p>