<p>Should we steer clear of salient issues, especially the divisive ones, in our college essays? I would certainly not want to "rub my reader the wrong way."</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>No, you certainly would not. Just be really, really liberal. Gay marriage: Fantabulous! Abortion: Awesome! Religion: For idiots! Bush: Evil! Guevara: Freedom-fighter!</p>
<p>The profs will love you. Make sure you use words like "fascist" and "imperialist" a lot. But whatever you do, NEVER, EVER-EVER-EVER, voice an opinion that isn't 100% left-wing. Big Brother doesn't take kindly to that.</p>
<p>Haha. Well I was certainly planning on being polemical..and probably asserting an opinion contrary to that of my adcom. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I cannot, in good conscience argue any of those points...except for the Religion one :)</p>
<p>My essay was psuedo-political. I mentioned attending a rally during the 2000 elections (didn't mention which side I was rallying for however) but the rest of my essay made it pretty obvious that I was liberal. Not that you couldn't sound like a raving liberal with my essay topic- talking about the mural Guernica and it's effect on my social and academic career. :p But the adcoms apparently liked it.</p>
<p>if you are defined by your politics, you're lame.</p>
<p>however, if you can tie in something political to an important DEEPER VALUE/FACT about you, then go for it!! i like how silverclover analyzed guernica...how nice :) really.</p>