<p>Imagination is a concept I highly value. I believe that imagination allows one to shape his/her individuality. People are full of unique ideas and what fuels their creativity is imagination. Without imagination, there be a lack of thought diversity, which would result in a dull society. Imagination allows people to inspire themselves. An example of this would be creating a new invention of some sort. It first has to be imagined before it can be created. However, once it is imagined, the person who thought of it can begin to try to make his/her imagination a reality. Honestly, almost everything that is a part of our lives is a result of imagination, whether it be inventions, political systems, medicines, scientific research, literature, or architecture, All these things, and many more, are products of imaginative thoughts. Imagination is not a right, but it is a natural ability. Imagination is found in every individual, from a 5 year old child to a 35 year old engineer. The ability to imagine and think is what makes us human. Without creative thought, we would no be as human but more machine-like. Imagination allows us to think of ways to improve our lives as well as lives of others. Imagination allows us to express ourselves, like writing a novel. Imagination allows us to briefly escape reality by day-dreaming. Imagination is infinite, and the ability to imagine is the greatest form of freedom that mankind has been gifted with.</p>
<p>Sidenote: I have not proofread it yet and may need to make corrections before submitting. </p>
<p>Anyone could put their name on top of this essay. Needs to be way more personalized. When’s a time when you used your imagination to create/do something?</p>
<p>I’m applying to Stanford too and if I was lazy/unoriginal/stupid/just plain mean enough, I could copy and paste this into my Common App and pass it off as mine. Just a tip for future reference: don’t post any of your essays in a public space I requested for some reviewers for my essays through a thread and I got a lot of people volunteering to look over them. It’s a safer way of getting reviews than posting it on a public thread.</p>
<p>Admissions is trying to get to know students through their essays. Focus on imagination and YOU. The essay is a personal narrative. It is all about YOU.</p>
<p>While I see you’re trying to repeat “imagination” for emphasis, that’s not really the way to do it. You’ll need a parallel structure such as “Imagination does this. Imagination does that. Imagination does this.” if you want to do it at all. Don’t use his/her, just use his, it’s grammatically and you won’t come off as sexist, don’t worry. As stated before, the prompt talks about you. Your argument is good, but it doesn’t involve the main purpose of the essay, getting the admissions office to know you.</p>
The sentences where this is an issue are as follows:</p>
<p>“I believe that imagination allows one to shape his/her individuality.”
“However, once it is imagined, the person who thought of it can begin to try to make his/her imagination a reality.”</p>
<p>If you’re writing a college essay, you probably don’t need to generalize humanity to the extent that a gender-neutral pronoun is necessary. It’s a personal essay, not a treatise on human nature.</p>
<p>As others have said, you need to be more personal with this. Tell a story from your life—talk about what imagination means to you, not what you think it means to other people. </p>
<p>Thank you for the advice. I’ll try to give a sort of anecdote or explain why imagination is important specifically to me rather than describe why is it important generally.</p>
I requested for some reviewers for my essays through a thread and I got a lot of people volunteering to look over them. It’s a safer way of getting reviews than posting it on a public thread.</p>