Is it okay to write my essay in the present tense?

<p>Is it okay to write my college essay in the present tense. I am writing about an experience I endured a few years ago. I am writing it in the present to try and engage the reader. Would it be inappropriate to do so?</p>

<p>No, I think that writing in the present tense is better.</p>

<p>^ lolwut? Isn’t that exactly what he/she asked?</p>

<p>I said that it isn’t inappropriate to write in the present tense. You do want to engage your reader, and the present tense is the best way of doing so.</p>

<p>kk
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