Should I include a little jargon in my college admissions essay?

Jargon: special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

Intentionally including material that is difficult to understand usually isn’t a good strategy.

The only way I would think to include something like this is if you intend to spend significant time explaining it, using it as a key hook to the story.

“You better not never tell nobody but God” isn’t a model of clarity, but The Color Purple pulled it off as a beginning. (Then again, you are probably not Alice Walker.)

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