How terrible of an idea was this?

<p>On the Grinnell supplement it asks, as I think it does on many supplements, how you first learned about the college. The thing is with Grinnell, I can't even remember how I first learned about them; I think it was just basically surfing the web, and that doesn't sound too impressive. So what I decided to do was make up a very elaborate story of how I learned about Grinnell, one that they'll know is obviously not meant to be serious. I won't go into all of what I wrote, since it really was quite elaborate, but it is set on the Yangtze River in China. And at the end of the story I put, "Or I may have just read about Grinnell on the Internet somewhere."</p>

<p>The way I looked at it was that Grinnell has no application fee, so at least I'm not wasting my money if I get rejected. And I'm not sure how good my chances were anyway.</p>

<p>It has already been submitted, so there's nothing I can do, but how do you think this will be received?</p>

<p>I think it's rather clever - it shows personality and wit and all that jazz. I think a school like Grinnell would appreciate it.</p>

<p>It sounds very fascinating; I hope they get it, they probably will. It sounds very long, though. What was your word count?</p>

<p>I perhaps overstated how long it is. It is about 225 words. I don't really think the length will be a problem.</p>

<p>I think it sounds clever, authentic (in its own random way) and entertaining. I bet it will help. Let us know if you get in. Good Luck.</p>

<p>Oh, many of the colleges I'm applying to ask how I found out about them and I'm limited to 50 words, which is why I asked. </p>

<p>Good luck</p>

<p>Well, if all else fails, at least your application will make them chuckle</p>

<p>I like it! If anything, it'll get you noticed, which is always good.</p>

<p>hahaha i second Sabster</p>

<p>Hahahhaa I third Sabster and second Flare12345neo</p>

<p>Here's a simplified version of what I wrote:</p>

<p>I first learned of Grinnell while on an expedition on the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Province of China. My guide was perilously ill with an obscure local disease. In his delirium he was continually muttering "Grinnell." After he died I was going through the items in his bag when I found a Grinnell information booklet in which there was a page that had been ripped from a medical dictionary. The page described a disease with his exact symptoms and a treatment (and I name what those are), and I concluded that he was muttering Grinnell for me to find that page within the booklet. But as he was now dead, I decided to look at the booklet. And that is how I first learned of Grinnell.</p>

<p>And then I add, "Or I may have just read about Grinnell on the Internet."</p>

<p>Eh, needed more gypsies and ancient runes.</p>

<p>You could work on your writing skills a little... The story doesn't flow that well but if this is just a summary then I'm sure it would be fine. It's very clever, but talking about somebody dying randomly causes your story to not have the same affect...</p>

<p>What I wrote before was just a simplified version. What I submitted was better written than that.</p>

<p>Just tell the truth. Grinnell asks the question to find out the results of their marketing.</p>

<p>^^^..well, she does...at the end she says she could have just heard about it on the internet. I bet this gets her an acceptance.</p>

<p>hahaha, i love it (:</p>