<p>i have to admit i've become pretty lazy over the past few months. </p>
<p>the essay asks applicants to discuss stuff that can't be conveyed through the other parts of the application.</p>
<p>so can i just fill it with blurbs like</p>
<p>"I like traveling. Many times, I have considered the pros and cons of stuffing myself into an oversize luggage to travel to a foreign country and the possibility of being arrested by customs agents or having my head explode due to the change in pressure in the plane’s storage cabin. "</p>
<p>it seemed to have worked for stanford. </p>
<p>i'm pretty sure i'm going to do this, but let me know if this is so bad it'll make yale send assassins to my house or something.</p>
<p>Don't misunderstand this post; it's not by any means an attack or my being negative for the sake of being negative.</p>
<p>I personally find the idea a bit of a cop-out. If it "worked for Stanford," fine, go for it, but the blurb you gave, at least, wasn't very funny. Aside from that, the idea just seems "done" to me. How many essays do schools receive every year from kids who think they are being very clever, listing "random" facts as if it were a Facebook About Me section? </p>
<p>To be TOTALLY FRANK #2 (this is nothing personal, and I promise I am not trying to start a fight), I think that an essay like that works only if you present yourself in the most humble manner possible. This may be because of how your whole post was framed, but I feel that I would read an arrogance in the essay that would stop me from enjoying it.</p>
<p>It seems to me like you will go through with this essay format no matter what anyone says (and that this might have been an excuse to throw around the phrase, "well it worked for Stanford!"), but those are just my two cents, and I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>Actually, this funny (but not at all) because the format of my supplement seems to be very similar to yours. I'll also admit that laziness has a part in it, but I might go back and fix a couple of things now that I've seen this. I think WishyWashy has very legitimate points.</p>
<p>Well, because I decided to last minute apply to Stanford, my intellectual vitality essay is about how I do random math problems when I look at car's license plates and find patterns and weird stuff like that. I think these messed up essays are an interesting experiment and I want to see it they work for people like us who have the stats and all. I mean, as long as it doesnt scream FIVE MINUTE JOBBBBBBBB, then I think go for it. </p>
<p>I'm kinda wishing i applied to UChicago just so I could test the theory about the most insane essays ever getting admission. </p>
<p>That being said, your essay seems pointless and I will re-lose faith in the admissions process if they like that essay, or some of my essays, but w/e</p>
<p>FOR YALE: The admissions counselors want to laugh... it makes them remember your application... I think WishyWashy is incorrect with her arguments. the supplement essay is for you to express yourself - be unique... if your application is the same or similar to someone else, than you will not be admitted.</p>