<p>One of the schools I am applying to has a prompt that deals with a couple lines of poetry. </p>
<p>I thought I might step way outside the box (I mean way out) and write my "essay" as a poem. </p>
<p>What do you guys think?!! Has anyone ever done this before?! And if I did it, what do you think would be the adcom response!!!</p>
<p>Personally, it's not a risk I would take simply because I am better at writing stories than poetry. However, if you are confident enough in your abilities as a poet, I'm sure admissions will remember you.</p>
<p>I've read about students doing that. Definitely do it if you think you're up to it. =] Make sure it's not all metaphors; it describes you.</p>
<p>Anybody else?????</p>
<p>i agree, do it.
if you want you can PM it to me when you finish it.
(none of my prospectives have to do with poetry...)</p>
<p>Do you have experience writing poetry? Do you take pleasure in writing poetry?</p>
<p>In other words, is poetry part of the genuine you?</p>
<p>Or is this idea basically a gimmick that doesn't truly represent what you are?</p>
<p>The answers to those questions, imo, will decide whether or not poetry might be a good idea for your essay.</p>
<p>Yes, ADad, I do have experience writing poetry. In fact, I have compiled a collection of my own works that I am planning to publish. So it is a genuine part of me and is/has been a valuable method of expressing myself.</p>
<p>Excellent! It sounds like your proposal can work well for you.</p>
<p>One other thing to consider: remember that the main goal is excellence in self-revelation, which might be different from excellence in the sense that a poetry magazine would would be looking for.</p>
<p>^^ok...thank you!!</p>
<p>Is there anybody that has worked in the college admissions process that could give me their input??</p>
<p>I think its a really cool idea, especially since you're going to be published. If you're up for it, totally go for it :)</p>
<p>They ask you for an essay. You write a poem. A poem is not an essay. They don't like it.</p>
<p>Seriously, though, they aren't asking you to send them a blip-it of your creativity in any form that you choose. Therefore, I don't think you should send in a song that you recorded, a short movie that you made, or a poem that you wrote. Give them an essay; that's why they ask for one.</p>
<p>$0.02</p>
<p>Well,
I've seen the stats of one girl who wrote poetry for her college essay
so it's not exactly new. However, she was working I believe, with a poet laureate and almost all of her ec were poetry-related so I'm guessing her essay only solidified the admin officer's perception of her as a student deeply passionate about poetry. </p>
<p>If your thinking about writing poetry to give you an "edge" because it seems creative, but you haven't won huge awards for you poetry that you can mention in you app. I wouldn't bother...</p>
<p>Sounds interesting! Go for it</p>
<p>maybe I could try this for just one school just to see what would happen...but I hate to throw $60 away just to "see what happens..."</p>
<p>Make your essay as genuine an expression of yourself as possible, whether that be prose, poetry, or part of each. </p>
<p>No matter what you do, there will be people disagreeing or urging otherwise. Put on some blinders and reveal yourself.</p>