<p>I wrote my roommate essay a while back but now that I've actually read it a whole bunch of times, I don't know if I want to submit it like this because it is pretty informal. Would someone mind reading it? Preferably Stanford admit but not '09.</p>
<p>Mine's pretty informal, and the ones on Facebook's Stanford 2013 group seemed pretty informal as well. I think it's better informal, personally, because the point of it is to show who you are, and when you're talking with someone, it's informal.</p>
<p>anyone willing to read? Even after checking the Facebook, still kind of unsure.</p>
<p>i am wondering the exact same thing. ...did you address it to your roommate ?</p>
<p>ya i started it with dear roomie. what im concerned about is that i have some "comedy" in the beginning and end but im not sure if its entirely appropriate or makes me seem like an arrogant ass</p>
<p>I've got my own form of humor in mine, though it's always good to make sure the humor is well done by asking someone (especially someone you don't know).</p>
<p>yeah idk. like what type of information are you including?
i think that humor is good bc they want personality</p>
<p>One guy used the word a--h--- in his essay. Don't worry.</p>
<p>I'm wondering if they actually show your essays to your roommate when they get assigned.</p>
<p>Informality is the key to the Stanford roommate "note." I've seen some roommate notes that read like passages from the Congressional Record. Use some IM/texting slang, if you want. It's a note, already!</p>
<p>Anyone still want to read? I also have the other 2 Stanford essays that I want opinions on.</p>
<p>hey strikemaster, i can read htem for you. PM me.</p>
<p>the roommate essay doesn't actually factor into the admissions decision, it is actually for roommate matching purposes only. You could leave it blank and it wouldn't effect your chance at admission.</p>
<p>^
Don't believe that guy; he seems like a troll to me.</p>
<p>I find it suspicious that the person posting on Stanford's board who joined in Dec 2008 is telling you not to do your roommate essay. Don't listen to that ***hole. Anyway, I would read, but I'm an 09er who's still working on his own essays. I think it doesn't really matter if the letter is informal. I was reading the Facebook Stanford 2013 groups essays earlier and a lot of them had informal essays for that one. It shouldn't matter too much as long as it tells Stanford about you.</p>
<p>^these are the 2013 Roommate essays you were talking about..</p>
<p>Roomate</a> Essays | Facebook</p>
<p>and 2012:</p>
<p>roommates-</a> 'sup | Facebook</p>
<p>Still informal, with a little humor thrown in here and there... but each student still came across as intelligent and thoughtful.</p>
<p>I wouldn't go the funny route unless you can pull it off with an element of tact, and still appear to be a serious student. As a fellow teenage guy, if your boys think the essay is funny it's probably not appropriate for Stanford.</p>
<p>I never actually got around to reading the 2012 ones. The 2013 SCEA admits chose to follow suit this year and did their own post about it:</p>
<p>Roommate</a> Essays | Facebook</p>
<p>Either way, it helps to see what accepted essays look like.</p>
<p>is it better to write it as a letter to a future roomie or just an essay about me?</p>
<p>I don't think it really matters. I wrote mine as an essay, not as a letter. Although less formal than an actual essay, it definitely wasn't a letter. It just focused on a major aspect of myself.</p>