I hope my common app essay doesn't come off as self-loathing...

College Essays
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<p>I wrote my common app essay about a person who was influential in my life. However, I wrote about an event where I didn't step up and ended up failing to help her.</p>

<p>Can anyone take a look at it and let me know if it would be effective to submit, or if it will make me look bad?</p>

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<p>Just to follow up, I’m hoping to send it to: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Washington U in St. Louis, Vanderbilt, and Princeton. I’m also willing to do a swap-critique with anyone else.</p>

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<p>i’ll swap critique with you, if you’d like. i’m also worried about the tone/content of my essay. i’ll pm you</p>

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<p>Does anyone else want to take a look?</p>

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<p>Sure I’ll take a look.</p>

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<p>I’ll take a look.</p>

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<p>pm meeeee ill read urs if u read mine</p>