<p>Ok so american university has a topic where I'm suppose to write an essay on a headline in the year2025, would politics be a bad idea to wrtie about especially if i'm going to be specifically against bush and republicans in the essay.?</p>
<p><em>american is located in washington d.c. meaning they could lean either way on the political spectrum.</em></p>
<p>It's your essay and they want you to express your feelings and writing skills, but I don't think picking politics is a great idea. It's like religion. Everyone is going to have different opinions, so you don't talk about it in public. I don't know if they would hold it against you, but I'd try something that might be less "controversial".</p>
<p>If the reader is a republican he would probably dislike you, even if it weren't a conscious decision.</p>
<p>Politics may be different than current affairs. I'd say writing about partisan politics is probably a bad idea, but writing about an ISSUE that matters to you may be different.</p>
<p>The Michigan application essay includes an option that is "discuss an issue of local or national concern". I'm writing about the handling of sexual orientation in schools - not gay marriage or even necessarily gay rights, but 'tolerance'. I'm a little concerned this is risky, but the other 2 topics are stupid and this really is an issue I care a lot about, and can write well (which I suppose is the important thing). I am also assuming that Michigan doesn't have anti-gay bigots on their admissions crew.</p>
<p>I guess the point is, politics may be risky, current affairs a little less risky, but if it's a topic you care about, that's the most important thing. If I were an admissions counselor, I would admit students with beliefs different than mine if they were argued effectively.</p>
<p>sorry for the interruption OP..</p>
<p>What about my strong interest concerning creation vs evolution?</p>
<p>I dont want to rub on the wrong side of a hardcore christian creation believer.. But should I go ahead?</p>
<p>If an admissions office is so unenlightened that they'll view me poorly because of a widely accepted political stance, then I have little interest in attending their school.</p>
<p>If politics is something that really interests you and/or you have many EC's involved in it, then I would think it's fine.</p>
<p>If you choose to write about politics, the most important thing is to demonstrate that you have analyzed the issue you choose with an open mind and have made an honest effort to understand and empathize with both sides. If, after you do this, you still argue for one side, that is OK.</p>
<p>College should be an exercise in careful consideration, so while politics is dangerous ground, the real danger would be letting your feelings prevent you from a calm treatment of the topic.</p>
<p>Several years ago, I wrote an essay about affirmative action that got my into Northwestern. The point was that I though affirmative action was sometimes worthwhile and sometimes abused, so that I could understand the need for it and also why some people were so against. In the end, I didn't even say whether we should keep it or not, and yet the admissions people there loved it.</p>
<p>Hope this helps,
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<p>Do you really want to go to a school that has a "hardcore christian creation believer" on the admissions committee? What do you think that would tell you about the school and potentially its science curriculum?</p>
<p>lol...Chedva has a VERY valid point. That reminds me of a few nights ago. My aunt came over an I was watching "The Rise of Man", discovery channel, just showing how evolution worked and so on, and she very arrogantly says "You don't believe that crap, do you?" in a country twang. She is soooo ignorant. I would just absolutely love to see her face if I said something that disrespectful about he beliefs.</p>