<p>Should I even subtly suck up to a college in an essay, or should I just completely not suck up at all?</p>
<p>For example, there's this one line in my essay in which I suck up to a college, and it goes like this:</p>
<p>"I'll always be (insert positive character trait highly desired by colleges) no matter where I matriculate, be it Yale, or another prestigious institution." </p>
<p>Should I excise the word "prestigious"? </p>
<p>Or should I just suck up like that?</p>
<p>You totally should. Most colleges love a subtle brown-noser.</p>
<p>I know if I leave it in the adcom will probably be like “suck-up, lol”</p>
<p>If I delete it the adcom will probably be like “wow this kid has some gall to not take this opportunity to suck up.”</p>
<p>This is if the adcom notices.</p>
<p>Keep the prestigious. Included, the sentence reads better.</p>
<p>lolololol</p>
<p>Calling Yale “prestigious” isn’t going to make them think “awww, gosh, he must think we’re all that.”</p>
<p>Well I just used Yale as an example; I’m not actually applying to Yale, but I don’t want to give away too many details online. Let’s just say that this college is a local state college. LOL. Top 200 by US News standards.</p>
<p>Oh, then definitely. DO IT.</p>
<p>I just hope it doesn’t come across as sarcasm … </p>
<p>LOL I’m probably thinking way too much about this but whatever.</p>