<p>My dear Sagehens and fellow applicants, I have a wonderful, loving mother who insists that everything I write is lovely--a cheering but hardly constructive opinion. I'm sure some of you can relate. I need to hear the cold, hard truth. </p>
<p>For my "What do you do for fun" essay I wrote about my tradition of my rapturous library visits after every SAT/AP test. </p>
<p>Select, read, and destroy... I will gladly reciprocate.</p>
<p>PM me and I'll be glad to take a gander. I had a very similar essay--rapturous summer visits to the library's book-sale after work--back when I applied. It must have worked, because I'm graduating from Pomona in a semester.</p>
<p>sounds interesting.. but, honestly, unless I read the essay I can't understand how that would be the first thing that would come to one's mind when having to write about something that was "just plain fun." They are looking for insight into you BEYOND your academics and ECs, and this kind of relates to your SATs and APs. I'm sure it's a great essay, but content wise, I think Pomona is looking for something random, unique, and ... fun!</p>
<p>yah, I'm about to start working on this essay, and I was confused... why would they care about what we do for fun? are we supposed to be like ... I read the dictionary for fun... lol? Definitely threw me for a loop, but I agree with Alisonfay and I plan to just write about a genuinely fun time I had.</p>