<p>Essay number two, the whatever-you-want one, states that it “should not be a research paper.” Does that mean one shouldn’t put too many facts? Or just not cite other people’s opinions?</p>
<p>More the second thing than the first. It essentially means that they are looking for your critical thinking and ideas in that essay–not your ability to find and present information.</p>
<p>Give whatever background is necessary for them to understand you, but the primary focus of the essay should be your own ideas about the topic.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks!</p>
<p>I’m getting REALLY annoyed by this… can someone please help?</p>
<p>If you’re formatting a book list… for example:</p>
<p>Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss</p>
<p>Do you do a comma after Green Eggs and Ham or no comma at all?</p>
<p>Books are underlined, to start. Also, no comma is needed.</p>
<p>Books are not supposed to be underlined, my friend. That’s such an elementary mistake, really.</p>
<p>Ah, I’m sorry I post nothing but questions on here. I’ll find something I know about after this and answer some questions!
How personal could(should) my conflict essay get? My conflict involves sex, alcohol, and virginity. Is that okay…?</p>
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<p>Every style book I have (particularly APA) allows either, though I suppose it’s your choice. I’m personally partial to underlining after years of writing everything by hand.</p>
<p>Also, I appreciate the visual delineation between periodicals and novels it provides.</p>
<p>Yes but it’s better to italicize them.</p>
<p>Couldn’t resist posting lol.</p>
<p>Just wrote my first essay (future plans) and its coming to be around 800 words. How long are your essays? lol I wrote pretty informally, with contractions, colloquials and all. And not in the standard 5 paragraph structure. Is that okay or not preferred? Do ya’ll know who’ll be reading these essays?</p>
<p>All of my essays (3 so far) are over 1000 words. 2 pages, 12 font, TNR.</p>
<p>as long as you say what you need to, 800 is perfect. =)</p>
<p>Underline book titles when you’re writing them by hand (where italicizing isn’t really feasible, at least if you write like me), italicize in Word documents and such. Oy.</p>
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I’d err on the side of personal rather than graphic, if that makes sense. No gory details, but honesty is great if executed well.</p>
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It varies. Telluride Associates from all over the country will gather to have app reading “parties” (my term, heh) in major cities, and a lot of apps are read by the Telluride House at Cornell (a residential house for Telluridianness in college, basically). The ages, backgrounds, and professions of the readers varies a lot.</p>
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The essays don’t have to be standard 5 paragraph structure (yawn, IMO), though for the first I might be a bit more formal. My “whatever ya want” essay was also kind of formal, since it was persuasive, but really, use your voice, whatever that is. I’d advise against LOLing and <3ing in your essays, though…</p>
<p>2 of my essays are 5 paragraphs long. This wasn’t intentional, but nonetheless i think they turned out fine. Don’t be afraid to write in a way that makes your essay(s) the strongest.</p>
<p>@Embeezy: The no LOLings and <3siez would make Lauren very sad.</p>
<p>The Telluride House at University of Michigan also reads these essays.</p>
<p>@embeezy: much thanks
@Antagonist: even if there isn’t a UMich this year?</p>
<p>aight i’m out of this thread for now gl to allz</p>
<p>wow this thread is really helpful.</p>
<p>but compared to those conflicts, mine is really petty. a catfight almost haha…
The thing is, I don’t think I’ve really had major conflicts of that sort…ever. wow i feel inexperienced…</p>
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I still can’t even think of a conflict. I’ve really never had any serious conflict in my sheltered middle-class rural white boy life.</p>
<p>i know me too. living in suburbia, attending a private school…</p>
<p>plus my laissez faire attitude toward most social problems usually makes things boring. maybe I should be more dramatic? lol</p>
<p>Sometimes not having a conflict is a conflict in itself.</p>