Should supplements be creative?

College Essays
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<p>I started working on my first supplement. I started it off with lots of imagery and other creative techniques; however, after showing it to someone, he told me that it doesn't make sense to "flower" supplements because it is such a short amount of space. </p>

<p>The example he used was let's say you had 30 seconds to explain why a college should accept you, would you really waste 5-10 seconds of it using metaphors? Probably not...</p>

<p>He's not a professional college-essay-writer of any sort, but what he said does make a lot of sense to me. However, shouldn't I still want to stick out from the crowd--or is that just what the common-app essay is for? </p>

<p>Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>“Creative” isn’t the same as “flowery.” IMO, all your essays should be creative. Why would they want to read an uncreative one?</p>

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<p>Eh, there’s a metaphor somewhere in almost every sentence you’ll ever write, even if you don’t notice it. That’s how language works. Metaphors don’t need to take up more space.</p>

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<p>I agree with halcyonheather—you don’t have too much space to write with, and you should fill it with content that satisfies the prompt. That doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with your essay, but you should definitely limit the flowery prose. Good luck! :)</p>