URGENT: Using Names.

College Essays
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<p>In the CommonApp essay I'm telling a story (ethical dilemma one) involving people at my school. Clearly I don't need to identify using last names, but is it OK to assign characters to make the story easier to follow? I feel trying to reference them through pronouns in their interactions with each other will make things quite difficult for the reader.</p>

<p>Thank you for reading and please leave your advice below.</p>

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<p>Characters are okay.
Actual names are not.</p>

<p>I’d suggest using obviously fake names like Jane and John.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>