HUGE ESSAY PROBLEM! Urgent!

Applying to College
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<p>This is going to come off extremely childish, but my parents have this huge problem with my essay. They think that if I send it in I'm going to be rejected and that I'll have to go to the local community college. They also think that I'm going to be sued for plagarism because of it.</p>

<p>For my essay (common application) I created my own prompt based off of UPenn's autobiography prompt, but I modified it to also be like the "describe an influential fictional character" common app prompt so that I infuse my creative literary interests with my future aspirations. I wrote the prompt directly from my essay which I wrote a few months before. The essay does exactly what the prompt says to do. The final paragraphy I wrote very Jack Kerouac because that's my personal writing style, but I changed the syntax and grammar due to my parents wishes. I edited some ambigous and possibly hurtful sentences in my essay, but the bare bones are still there.</p>

<p>My parents think however that my application reader will not see the point in my essay and think that I cannot form a coherent sentence, even after my editing. They think it does not sound like it's written from a 17 year old. They think it's too risky. They also think that because admissions people aren't really ever literature majors that the entire essay will go over their heads. </p>

<p>Problem is I need to have my application done by Wednesday because that's when I'm going to Brandeis, the school that I'm applying to Early Decision (the deadline is November 15). If I don't have my essay finalized by tomorrow night my parents are going to cancel the trip (we live near Chicago). If I send in my application with my essay as is they'll cancel the check so my application is null.</p>

<p>What do I do? I really need someone to read my essay to see if it really does have alot of possible negative effects and that my admissoins officer won't get it.</p>

<p>(I made an essay post a while back but neglected it cos I had too much other stuff...but now this is really important)</p>

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<p>PM it to me, ill take a look</p>

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<p>i'll read it too and try to help.</p>

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<p>PM it to me too. I probably can't help, but I'd love to read it. =D</p>

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<p>I'll read it</p>

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<p>i'll read it.</p>

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<p>Me as well, I'd love to help.</p>

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<p>I will read it.</p>

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<p>If you still need/want more input I will read it.</p>

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<p>Good grief, if your essay is worded anything like your question here, I think you will have problems. (No offense).</p>

<p>Clarity will be viewed better than creativity that misses the mark.</p>

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<p>i'll give u some feedback, pm it over</p>

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<p>I can read it too if you still need advice. just PM it over.</p>

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<p>"Good grief, if your essay is worded anything like your question here, I think you will have problems. (No offense)."</p>

<p>lol</p>