<p>Would it be detrimental to my application to make a joke of the short answers and essays?</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>The one thing I never expected to gain from doing community service was...
Herpes.</p>
<p>When I hear about the environment I think...
the Earth is ours to destroy.</p>
<p>According to Henry David Thoreau, "One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something." What is your something?
Refuting Thoreau's assertion on the basis that Thoreau is a moron.</p>
<p>Or could such humor actually benefit me in the admissions process? I wouldn't just answer one of these questions in a silly way. I would do this for every question.</p>
<p>None of those answers are funny though…</p>
<p>Please take your application seriously. The college will. </p>
<p>If you feel compelled to add humor, I’d recommend keeping it clean, positive, and respectful. The examples you gave above paint you as a smart a$$ with nothing good to say about anything. I think they would put your app at risk. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>The thing with humor in applications and essays is it has to come across as funny and smart. The humor also has to be almost universal because you don’t know who will be the one reading. Of course the cost of humor appealing to a wide audience is it’s usually only funny to six year olds.</p>
<p>Also your answers met none of those requirements.</p>
<p>First, when answering with an STD the answer is always syphilis.</p>
<p>And there are many non-STD answers to that question that actually take the question into consideration:</p>
<p>A fluorescent orange vest that goes great with any outfit
My new best friend, Stabby Joe
400 dollars in church raffle money, seriously they just leave it lying in their safe.
A deep hatred for ladles and soup</p>
<p>“When I hear about the environment I think…”
Who turned on the goddamn hippie channel?
I really should have taken AP Chem instead
The person speaking is probably on mushrooms, and will probably sell me some. </p>
<p>According to Henry David Thoreau, “One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something.” What is your something?</p>
<p>To answer this question. Mission accomplished.
To subscribe to the belief that their are certain quotes that apply to the life of every single high school senior in the world.
Dance Dance Revolution.
To find the six fingered man who killed my father.
To serve as an example of what not to do.
To infiltrate the inner workings of the University of Maryland.
To divide by zero
To hang myself up by my own bootstraps</p>
<p>Those probably aren’t very funny, but unfortunately my something does not seem to be to finish my lab report in a timely manner.</p>
<p>Lol I suggest you take the app seriously lol. For the short answers I only had one non serious answer.</p>
<p>One of my classmates answered the “One time I led a…” question with “a conga line.” I believe she got in.</p>
<p>I don’t think Conga line is quite as risque as STDs</p>