Unconvential common app essay: central story?

<p>I have a question about a "controversial" essay. I wrote my essay kind of about writing my essay. However, I talked about how I have an "idea list", then I start my musing about who I am and what people would say about me (and I recall a few anecdotes - my first computer, my robotics experience when our team's robot stopped working but i lifted morale and we ended up having a functional robot eventually, and learning the piano), and then at the end in the last paragraph, I decide that a college essay is nothing to fuss over, and its just about showing who you are, and then i toss away my idea list...what do you think about this?</p>

<p>I have been told it may seem that its resume-like, since I talk about different anecdotes, that are somewhat unrelated. But each anecdote does present something new about me. Also, I have heard that it may seem like I didn't want to write a legit college essay and just threw in a whole bunch of themes and combined it artistically :/ i have others written, but i just dont know...</p>

<p>I have gotten a lot of positive feedback too. This essay may not be about ONE central story, but its basically me thinking about what I should write my essay about, and realziign that there are so many things that make me who I am.</p>

<p>Does this fit under the common app central story prompt?</p>

<p>sounds like a confusing easy so most likely bad.</p>

<p>honestly IMO, a lot of people choose that prompt and mostly it’s a trap. The other prompts provide better structure and focus in terms of essay writing. Your essay does not sound like it’s that critical to your identify (hence the need for multiple topics) so I would try reworking one of the ideas for one of the other prompts. </p>

<p>To recap, a lot of people believe their lives are more important than they really are and that prompt then destroys their chances of admission. </p>

<p>@bomerr could u read it? are you a student right now, or qualified?</p>

<p>i’m transferring, if you want to pm me. </p>