<p>Hey guys, I'm filling out my supplements for various colleges right now. I'm applying to Brown, Columbia, UPenn, Boston, etc etc...
The question is: in most of my supplement essays, I talk about art, unless otherwise directed talk about something else. For example, all of my supplement essays for Columbia has something to do with art besides by favorite academic class and why question and the book listing types of questions. Or, for Brown, literally every single short answers talk about art. Is this bad, or good? I feel like I'm only showing one side of myself, though through art I talk about the different qualities within myself.
Should I talk about something else? The reason I thought I should mainly focus on art was that art/media IS my main interest, and I thought my transcripts and others showed my academic competitiveness. </p>
<p>Could anybody help me, please?</p>
<p>Also, for the writing part of the Common App, I have another essay that talks about art.</p>
<p>To give an exact example, for Brown Supplement:
- Why was I drawn to the study I indicated -> I had to talk about art
- Why being the “architect of your education” is appealing -> I tied it to how it would help me in my study of art and media
- Where I was born -> Didn’t talk about art
- If I could do something with no risk of failing->I talked about being a fine artist (though I’m planning to change this one to something unrelated to art)
- Which of my creations makes me proud the most -> I talk about one of my paintings
- What community am I in that is important to me and why -> I talk about art club
- Describe a moment when my perspective changed -> I talk about an episode in my art class. </p>
<p>Yeah. 6/7. (Probably going to be 5/7).</p>
<p>I think it’s perfectly fine to have a connecting theme that shows your main interest. The only reason I can think of to vary it a little more is if there’s another interest that doesn’t seem to be getting as much attention because you’re focusing so much on art. But I think if, when honestly answering all the questions, art comes up time and time again, you should go with that since it’ll show who you really are as well as demonstrating focus.</p>
<p>Thank you, @smwhtslghtlydzed.
Yeah, thinking and reading these again, art does come up quite a bit, but couple+ of these essays’ main focus is something else, and art is just a background theme that comes up. (I talk about hard work and stuff)</p>