Reveal your ACHIEVEMENTS in an essay? Or your CHARACTER? It's a thin line

College Essays
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I recently finished writing my Common App essay. I personally thought I did what I needed to do quite well: Reveal WHO I AM in a piece of thoughtful, very unique, and "out-of-the-box" writing.</p>

<p>While I had several teachers and friends who reviewed my essay and loved it, my mom wasn't as impressed. She thought I should "BRAG" and talk about my achievements ("How come you didn't mention your club presidencies? Or that ___ award that you won last year?") </p>

<p>I personally feel that my applicaiton clearly has the awards and club leadership positions written on paper. In a very very subtle way, I briefly touched some achievements in my essay (just to appease my mom) ... but what does everyone think?</p>

<p>Essay's should be about revealing YOU. But when it comes to showing yourself off, how far should we go?</p>

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<p>Don’t show yourself off. That stuff is already on your transcript. Just think how boring it would be for a reader to read a list of your achievements when it’s literally 6 inches away on your transcript. Stick with revealing who you are.</p>

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<p>^^do not write another resume when you’re supposed to write about you…your passions, an example of who you are, etc. </p>

<p>So how does one create a “very unique, out-of-the-box writing” piece? Do share.</p>

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<p>leave out of your essay all the **** that you can show on ur app</p>