<p>It’ll certainly make you stand out but not in the positive light. Just forget about this school. You already submitted the application. Nothing you can do about it now.</p>
<p>Make a duplicate version of the CA, revise your CA to ~500 words (I would say stick to the limits because I think the directions are important) and resubmit to other schools. You’d be amaze how much you can cut out that is not important. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I’ve already finished submitting my apps. </p>
<p>There’s nothing I can do about any of them now…
I guess i have to just wait and see… hopefully it’s entertaining enough that they won’t ding me too much…</p>
<p>Should I just expect to be rejected though?</p>
<p>No.
If its 900 words of great entertaining and informative literature then you will be fine.
But these transfer essays should be sort of concise.
Most people start of with a story of how they got interested in their major or something, or when they first walked into their current school.
If its 900 words of simply “Firstly, I wish to transfer to X because of Y.” “Secondly, thirdly, etc” then maybe it will seem kind of boring.</p>
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<p>Please accept my sincere apologies. I don’t doubt it was a Freudian slip, I read your earlier post and that phrase came out in my post. But I didn’t mean it as a slight or comment on the status of your hearing, I hope you can accept that. </p>
<p>Also, I’m not doubting your #s 4&5 as much as voicing my concern about how they will come across on your application.</p>
<p>470 words. </p>
<p>I think anything above 800 is a bit excessive, unless you do have interesting circumstances and the essay is in a non-boring format and tone. </p>
<p>@NovelNova, I know you want to explain your circumstances, but I think you should present the facts as “how you got over the challenge and grew”, and not “please pity me because of this”.</p>
<p>Lol, it’s okay. People make mistakes like that all the time with me. I just wanted to point it out in a manner that was hopefully non-offensive.
As for my essay, I’d like to think it’s not a pity me one. I saw it as a journey to how I got to the point of needing to transfer. There was a lot of risk involved with my first round because my senses, and therefore my academic needs, changed all the time. I took a risk with a school that has good academics, and it was a horrible fit because of the creative writing department and the attitudes on-campus. Plus, I figured my health is important to discuss since it got me landed in the E.R. on one of my visits for this round of apps…
Thus far, I have yet to try the ‘pity me’ approach, although I must say, it worked well when this rotten girl at my high school basically said in her app ‘I’m a poor, fatherless white girl. Feel sorry for me.’ She got a full ride to Yale and Princeton and was marketed as the miracle child of our school. Ilaughed</p>
<p>*I laughed. Stupid phone.
Anyway, I laughed, put my head down, and went back to writing stories and songs. Even if I didn’t get the same accolaides as she, I’m happy to say that nobody’s pitied me.</p>