<p>this essay is brilliant, no doubt the guy got into NYU with this, it shows so much character and spunk</p>
<p>oh my god, i left the gas on..and im on vacation.</p>
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Keep in mind adcons are people who are cooped up in eval committee for hours upon hours, days upon days, weeks upon weeks. A little humor really helps.
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<p>Yes, the adcoms do get a laugh and some relief, but does that really mean that they will look at your application more favorably than someone else who wrote about a meaningful experience? let's say both have equal stats and equitable extracurriculars, one wrote a humorous essay while the other expounded on an activity, for example.</p>
<p>Sadly, 50-60% of the people who view this as an inferior essay are probably socially inept and thus miss the point...</p>
<p>If I were an adcom, I'd pick someone with an essay like this and inferior stats over someone with perfect stats any day. The essay shows so much more personality than being a valedictorian w/ a 4.0 and a perfect SAT score.</p>
<p>troublesomejason:</p>
<p>Considering that 90% of other applicants are expounding on activities in very similar manners, I would put my money on the humorous one.</p>
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If I were an adcom, I'd pick someone with an essay like this and inferior stats over someone with perfect stats any day. The essay shows so much more personality than being a valedictorian w/ a 4.0 and a perfect SAT score.
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Not to take away from the essay or anything, but honestly, I would take the val/4.0/2400 anyday. Stats count for a huge part of an application, and while this essay might help the applicant tremendously, it will not do so to such an extent that a val/4.0/2400 is rejected.</p>
<p>Essay doesn't tell me much about the applicant (except that he/she has a very active imagination)...sounds extremely hackneyed/cliched. Kinda like a one-shot wonder...the essay tries to impress with style over substance.</p>