<p>Hello :) I'm writing a supplement essay for College X on my ability to remember literally any name from years and years ago. The college's name is an actual name (as in, a given person's name), so would it be RIDICULOUSLY corny to end the essay with something like:</p>
<p>blahblah be honored to add one more name to my repertory: X.</p>
<p>Or even,
blahblah love to take up the challenge of adding 1,234* more names to my repertory.</p>
<p>*=being the number of students on campus</p>
<p>Thanks!
(I can hear the crickets chirping already)</p>
<p>I think it could work and even be a strong/witty ending, seeing as your whole essay is on the topic of names. But to me, it would only work well if the college’s name is a well-recognized “person name.” If it’s an iffy or uncommon “person name” then I’d try to think of something else.</p>
<p>For the # of students idea, I wouldn’t use it, because I’m not sure if they would catch on at first as to what you’re referencing. I’m not implying that they don’t know their own number of students, but they deal with so many statistics that it won’t really pop out to them like your first idea will. (And this is a really minor point, but I’m guessing some people will have the same name, and you don’t know the admission number for 2011, so using that number won’t really be accurate anyway.) Best of luck with your essays.</p>