<p>Hello CC users. First of all, some background about yours truly: I consistently receive almost perfect grades and very good test scores, I am a multi-sport athlete, and I am in the process of applying early to The University of Pennsylvania (a rather excellent school). </p>
<p>But I have not always been this driven. Growing up, I was a rather shy person in terms of vocally conversing with my peers. In hind-site, this is probably because I was rather chubby, I changed schools maybe five times (Due to my parents trying to find me the most advanced and highest form of public education), and I am a Jew who has always lived in ares not predominantly inhabited by Jews. </p>
<p>Because I used to be so inhibited around people whom I did not consider friends or family, I found a companion in paper and pen. I have written my whole life and, not to sound high-nosed, I have developed a skill that comes from doing something for a long period of time. I recently wrote a poem that I am very proud of (no, it does not rhyme or follow a specific pattern, but I call it a poem because I feel its passionate words only fit with such a genre). This leads me to my "Something Quite Important To Me".</p>
<p>Because most all of the colleges to which I am applying to (provided ED at Penn does not work out) require both The Common Application and their own Supplemental Application, I want to know what you users think of me sending in this piece of work as my Personal Statement of the Common App. Is it too risky? Will it be fine, because I also have the topic provided by each individual school to couple with it? </p>
<p>Any suggestions/opinions/requests to read the work would be appreciated and taken into consideration. Thanks Users!</p>