<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Finishing my Brown supplement and at the "Where did you find out about Brown" I wrote about finding out from current students talking about their experiences there. And at the end, as a closing, I put "The positivity compelled me.". Is that too much? I just wanted to show my.. eh.. humorous side, if you will.</p>
<p>How is the humorous? Am I missing something?</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s humorous but I don’t think it is “too much,” it sounds nice.</p>
<p>like physics/chemistry humor? positive charge etc.?</p>
<p>regardless, don’t think it was too much</p>
<p>Just my opinion, but I feel that ‘positivity’ is one of those new cringe-worthy words. I’d rework it if I were you.</p>
<p>I’m a science nerd, and I really don’t think that’s humorous :/</p>
<p>The word is little used in modern writing or speaking. It is one of those that would compel someone to look in the dictionary to see if it really exists and if so whether you are using it properly. Those kinds of words should end up deep in the scrap pile of edits when doing your application to a college.</p>
<p>It’s not really humorous, i just didn’t know how to label it. When I think about the word compel, I think about the movie the exorcist, with ‘‘the power of christ compels you’’, so that,s why i found it humorous in a sense. English not being my first language, i don’t hear that word too often, so it’s only meaning to me is the one i just told you about.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your imput, though. I’ll look into positivity and change it :)</p>
<p>You think that sentence is too much? That is how your entire essay should be written. Have you been using mediocre words throughout your entire essay? This is what scares me. How do people like this get high SAT scores and yet they giggle at a sophisticated and meaningful word like compel?</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I don’t mean to be rude really, I just hope the rest of your essay sounds nice.</p>
<p>Mango15: I’m sure the OP has a sophisticated vocabulary; it’s just that in the context she used it, “compel” had a funny connotation to her. It by no means implies that she doesn’t use good vocabulary words on a regular basis in her writing or speech.</p>
<p>Alisyn: When you point it out, I can see the humor in your sentence but I think it’s more on the quirky side and isn’t something likely to be picked up by most people. You’d probably be better off reworking it if it doesn’t sound natural when you take humor out of consideration.</p>
<p>Thank you xquiksilverx! It’s fascinating how people will jump at your throat at the slighest hint of what they presume weakness. I’ll definitely look into rewording that sentence, then. I don’t want to sound weird in the answer, and I guess it doesn’t tie in with the rest of it. But for 300 characters, they shouldn’t really expect much…</p>
<p>Mango15, my vocabulary is just fine, how about your attitude? Thank you for reading between the lines and making me up to be an idiot that giggles at meaningful words.</p>
<p>Id like to say that its a verrrry small part of the supplement. move on</p>
<p>FinalEyes, yeah, it really is, but you know. People worry for smaller things.</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack the OP’s thread but I had the same question, for the same short answer
Would this come across as too much?</p>
<p>“During our civil rights unit, my US History teacher briefly discussed historically African-American colleges. She asked our class to identify some–one student blurted out: “Brown!” Though I’d heard of Brown before, it was then that I remembered to look into it for my college list–and the Curriculum had me hooked.”</p>
<p>smashedp–, I assume your story is meant to be humorous? (it is to me)–but that tone didn’t come across . . .maybe you need to mention that you later learned your classmate was misinformed–that Brown wasn’t named for the color of its students’ skin-- but its curriculum got you hooked?</p>
<p>Hahahahaha, oh my god, I think I would be on the floor if that happened in my class, no joke. But yeah, I think you need to specify what leslier said</p>