<p>I was deferred, but iw as wondering if those of you that got into SFS early action could post what you wrote about in your global issues essay.</p>
<p>Beslan and Chechnya</p>
<p>transgenic crops/genetically-modified food regulations, and how that tied into my summer research project ( i applied for the science and international relations major)</p>
<p>I wrote about the land distribution problems and famine in Zimbabwe, and how they are caused by corrupt elections. I tied it in with America's presidential election, because my app was sent right around that time.</p>
<p>^damn liberal</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Why ratification of the kyoto protocal is a necessary, though costly, political move.</p>
<p>LOL.. Babybird.. They were out to defer conservatives this round.. but as the Governator says.. "We'll be back."</p>
<p>I noticed that too. Babybird, tlaktan and pixiedancer were all conservatives and all got deferred! I managed to get in though, and I'm a conservative :)</p>
<p>I wrote about the rapidly declining power and relevance of the United Nations</p>
<p>How personal were your guys' global issue essays? Mine related how Wal-Mart and other coporate conglomerates are exploiting overseas labor and how Wal-Mart et al's very low prices, as a result of cheap production costs, are hurting small town America, including my parents who own and operate their own Main St. business. I thought I did a nice tie-in about how international economic conditions (I applied as an Int'l Econ major) are affecting small town America. (I was deferred, by the way)</p>
<p>manderz i chose the same topic.....though i don't think i wrote about it that well.</p>
<p>how did you approach it?</p>
<p>i was accepted EA to SFS and i wrote about the Sudanese Genocide and how ppl are starting to ignore it just like they did Rwanda and that the US cant really do anything about it b/c we're too tied up in Iraq, no one's listening to Powell (this was b4 he resigned), and we've lost our international leadership position b/c of Iraq, etc.</p>
<p>.....it was kind of opinionated and very anti-Bush-administration at first (w/o naming him specifically), but i toned it down a little b4 i sent it...still pretty opinionated tho, but i figured it would be okay cuz they wanted you to write about something about which you felt strongly.</p>
<p>i specifically did not include any political comments in my SFS essay to avoid offending anyone (my views on the Bush administration are not what one would call sympathetic). instead, i tried to make my essay as personal as possible without getting political. i wrote about the issue of poverty in peru, since i visited last summer. i talked about how i met this 10 year old girl who was begging for money and looking after her brother and sister. the day i met her was my brothers 10th birthday, and i wrote about how different their lives are and how the issue of poverty needs to be addressed. i didn't even mention US involvement. instead, i talked about how the peruvian government needs to channel more money to the educational system and make it truly public.</p>
<p>I avoided all political comments in mine as well. I used Bush once as a quote and not as attacking. </p>
<p>I figured, you're applying to a school that teaches diplomacy- might as well show 'em you can be diplomatic!</p>