<p>Hey everyone thanks for giving my thread a read and I hope you can help! =)</p>
<p>For starters I have thought about a possible essay topic for my Common App essay for a while now and I couldn't think of anything. It wasn't until a few days ago that I got this idea and was just wondering if anyone can tell me what they think about it.</p>
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<li>I am planning on writing my essay on my experience as a telemarketer. I'm not going to say how the life of a telemarketer was amazing but rather the opposite; how the job was everything I wasn't though I will mention the few (2) things that I got out of it. This essay leads up to me being "laid-off" after only working for 3 weeks for being a "nice" person. </li>
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<p>Thats about what my essay is "In a Nut-Shell". What do you all think? Is it cliche, seem boring or silly? Any input is welcome!</p>
<p>On a side note. When a college asks "In one paragraph, tell us why you want to attend(School Name)". How would one go about that?</p>
<p>idk not to be rude but colleges may think you’re not smart for thinking that the life of a telemarketer would be amazing. You are probably one of a few people to think this.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for the reply but in my original post I stated how I will write on how the life of a telemarketer WAS NOT amazing but rather the opposite. The job was horrible and it wasn’t for me.</p>
<p>I’m using my time as a telemarketer to contrast who I actually am.</p>
<p>I think the job of telemarketer is obviously not very glamorous but what did you get out of this job? Have you outlined it?</p>
<p>The main structure of this essay is not going to be the usual “Here is my problem/obstacle, this is how I overcame it and this is what I learned”</p>
<p>I’m taking a risk here and I am planing on using situations/experiences during my job to contrast with who I really am. </p>
<p>An example I am playing with is something that includes my “script” (we have to talk to people word for word from this thing) and how we would get yelled at if we said something that wasn’t on it. I’d say something like “oh thats not me” or how I am a person who likes to branch out and try a variety of things. Though I’ll go about this in a more extensive and in depth way.</p>
<p>PS-The only things that I have “learned” (if you call it that) from this is:
A) The wide range of people in our world (can go in depth)
B) How this whole experience reaffirms my belief in life that “Seeking Happiness should be your true goal in life.”</p>
<p>I’m debating including them in the draft at all</p>
<p>I think it’s a fantastic idea. Sometimes situations that don’t fit you are more revealing than those that do.</p>
<p>But you thought it would not be bad beforehand, right? </p>
<p>Anyways I think an essay about the wide range of people in the world would be pretty cool. although it might be something more fit for The New Yorker than a college essay. I like option B too. But take your logic there to an extreme and you get “the pleasure machine” ([free</a> cognition: Nozick’s experience machine](<a href=“http://freecognition.blogspot.com/2005/05/nozicks-experience-machine.html]free”>free cognition: Nozick's experience machine)). Especially if you are applying to some intellectually-snooty place like UofC, make sure your new life-philosophy is well-qualified and also is consistent with your desire to go to college.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feed back everyone! I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Before I started the job I didn’t look forward to the job but I didn’t hate it. It was simply a means to make some cash for the summer. I am going to say it reaffirmed my beleif of “Seeking Happiness” since although I wanted money, I did not enjoy the means to go about getting payment. I was doing something that truely wasn’t for me. </p>
<p>And no worries, my beleif in life isn’t very extreme so I won’t have anything that resembles “The Pleasure Machine” mentioned in the above post. ^_^</p>
<p>I think you missed my point. If the thesis of your college essay is that “seeking happiness is my ultimate goal in life,” well then make sure that that statement is actually true. Is it your goal? If yes, why wouldn’t you hook yourself up to the pleasure machine? If you get any semblance of a philosopher as your adcom, (s)he could very well be disappointed in your statements you throw out there with little intrinsic reflection.</p>
<p>I’ll give it a read.</p>
<p>Oh ok, I see what you are saying now Senior0991. That’s a valid point and now I’m thinking I might just rethink my whole essay (the topic will still be the same although I’ll go about it in a different way) if I were to go down that road with a thesis such as “Seeking Happiness is my Ultimate Goal in Life”.</p>
<p>That is a concept I live by although I wasn’t planning on making it a focal point in my essay. Like I said, I still just have a very rough outline of my essay on paper right now so I’m open to suggestions. Your comments are all ready making me rethink how I was going to approach this essay.</p>