Should I follow Harvard's directions for the essay? Or not?

College Essays
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<p>They say..</p>

<p>*"If you wish to include an additional essay, you may do so:</p>

<p>(Possible Topics)
[ul]Unusual circumstances in your life.
[<em>]Travel or living experiences in other countries.
[</em>]Books that have affected you the most.
[li]An academic experience that has meant the most to you.[/li][li]A list of books you have read during the past twelve months."*[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>So, my essay consists of the following thus far:</p>

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<p>**Books:</p>

<p>To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Blindness/The Cave - Jose Saramago
Macbeth - Shakespeare
Redwall - All of the books **</p>

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<p>Is this good enough? Should I send it in?</p>

<p>:p Just kidding. But really, if Harvard says to give them a list of books, do you think anybody would? I couldn't imagine anybody doing so and not even expanding on what they gained from each book -- despite what the instructions say.</p>

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<p>Haha... I'm sure some people did.</p>

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<p>Some people would write about it, but every person has different perspectives on those novels.</p>

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<p>I know people who applied and none of them chose the easy list of books for the harvard supplement. Pretty suicidal if you ask me.</p>