<p>I actually liked the essay even before I saw the prompt. It was slightly overly romantic, but since I’m an idealistic person like that, I don’t mind it that much. I really thought it was great.</p>
<p>As much as I love Chicago, I couldn’t stand that essay you pointed out, liek:) Guess different people have different tastes.</p>
<p>Jackdaniels, how would you answer this kind of prompt without making it a list essay?</p>
<p>I did it without lists. Mine’s kind of bizzare. I just focused on one very specific part of my personality rather than randomly jumping around like that author did.</p>
<p>i dont think making a list essay is a bad thing, i just think it’s bad when the ‘qualities’ the author is trying to highlight are not expanded upon and they are not unique. The list should not contain such trivial and mundane things without explaining why the make you special. you could either a) write about trivial things and expound on how they make you YOU or b) write about very interesting and unique personality traits, this would still require some explanation but not extensive explanation. </p>
<p>i actually wrote an essay very much like what i am describing and set it to georgetown for their “who are you” topic. i can send it to anyone who wants to read it. i think it kind of shows what i mean</p>
<p>Jackdaniels that would be very much appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have an opinion about an essay about the sidewalk?</p>
<p>Well, your essay can be about anything if you write it well. I’m writing my Chicago essay right now about my taste in writing utensils, and Chicago and Tufts both like weird essays. Tufts was about eating seafood.</p>
<p>i think that the reason why colleges ask for weird essays is because it is SO easy to disqualify people based on them. only very very good writers can write an essay about the sidewalk and make it good. thus, if everyone attempts writing about strange things, 90% of the essays will be horrible. easy way to narrow down candidates</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s nearly that malicious… colleges aren’t looking to make sure that every admitee writes like a literary genius. But writing about weird things and your take on them reveals things about how you think and your creativity… which would be the personality aspect that colleges DO look at.</p>
<p>I’m really just amused that most of the people who are bashing can’t seem to form a coherent sentence.</p>
<p>^lol</p>
<p>I don’t really get why so many people are bashing it. It’s a well written essay, although not quite my style. It’s a bit on the pseudo profound side, making seemingly trivial things appear very important. But I think the writer pulled it off and the humor sold it for me.</p>
<p>Despite the obvious informality of the site, my friend sent me an example of a list-type essay while I, and my friends, were brain storming over our own essays. (Note: I did not write a list essay, but if you click the link, you will understand why I am posting this essay). </p>
<p>[Please</a> click here.](<a href=“http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/humor/admission.html]Please”>Humor: College Admission Essay)</p>
<p>A list essay is not easy to pull off. You have to address the topic at some point or another. I should not read someone’s essay and think to myself “What was the point of this?” The point of whoever wrote this essay should be obvious without someone posting the topic of it. The one who wrote the essay above made his point clear - and quite humorously so. In all honesty, I read this and assumed it was a rough draft of a better essay; there are too many grammar mistakes, awkward sentences, use of contractions (which is not necessarily a bad thing), and use of the word ‘I hope or I believe.’</p>
<p>that essay has been posted everywhere. i think many of us have read it.</p>