<p>I just thought to make a funny thread about things you could do wrong in your admissions essay. We all need a stress reliever in the middle of the holiday break and essay-cramming. <em>sighs</em></p>
<p>Forgetting to proofread, and then submitting an essay loaded with spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
<p>Hm…
I don’t really know. I mean it’s whoever reads it that actually picks it apart to judges it so.
I guess if you bashed Pride and Prejudice and they were an avid Austen fan. Haha I almost sent in my book review of Pride and Prejudice (I didn’t like the book when I read it) and thought, well, this is very opinionated, maybe I shouldn’t send this in for my graded paper. I actually appreciated the story after I saw the movie (which rarely ever happens with me).
So that’s one, if your opinion clashed with that of an AO. I know they are supposed to respect different opinions, but if someone was trashing one of your favorite things it’s hard not to have a negative feeling about that person.</p>
<p>Sending an Exeter essay to Deerfield. (just an example)</p>
<p>Accidentally sending in your actual response to some of the bs essay questions.</p>
<p>blehjoints: ahh that would be a nightmare! When I emailed schools with questions I always got paranoid that I would email a certain AO about a different school.</p>
<p>If some of my essays read out to be persuasive, is that bad? For example, one of Exeter’s essays is about a “topic that you’re passionate about”. I’m really passionate about it… so while it is personal, it kind of becomes a “call of action” by the end.</p>
<p>I do too much debate, I think. :D</p>
<p>@ CherryRose- you do debate? like actual debate policy? lincoln?</p>
<p>Anyway… my sister goes to Exeter and she keeps on telling me I shouldn’t write about my Asian culture. She says it is overdone, but should I?</p>
<p>It is overdone, especially with the large number of Asian-American applicants. However, I don’t think it’s a problem if you can put an interesting spin on the topic :)</p>
<p>@aznboi717: I can be very persuasive at times. Let’s just leave it at that. ;)</p>
<p>i believe i made a mistake today. I sent a user on CC my essay cause he/she said they would help me with it. was that a mistake.</p>
<p>Why? Are you concerned about plagiarism?</p>
<p>no i didn’t plagrise anything. what if the “helper” copies it though?</p>
<p>Well you’ve already sent it to them, so I would just pm them and ask them not to take anything from it. I mean nothing’s concrete on the internet, that’s why I wouldn’t recommend sharing essays online. But honestly, these essays are so personal, so it would be hard for them to plagiarize. That’s the only exception I would make for sharing essays, I would only send my essay to someone online if it was very specific and personal. It wouldn’t be something easily applicable to their situation.</p>
<p>And chances are, if they’ve been on CC a while they are just trying to help out.</p>
<p>well… we all learn from mistakes. I hope that user knows that it would be great for them not to use my essay. Thanks helloel! BTW how far are you on essays?</p>
<p>No problem and I have written them all. I am currently going over them and editing them. I feel like I might have to rewrite one of them though.</p>
<p>yea. i want to rewrite my one about my culture. overdone essay. ■■■!</p>
<p>Oh, which schools are you applying to?</p>
<p>only h’kiss, exeter, and milton. i did 8 last year, but only doing three. i really regret not doing well last year.</p>
<p>@aznboi717 - did you get rejected at 8 schools last year??? i got rejected at 4 and i thought that was bad! im so sorry that that happened though. Im really glad that you’re reapplying. Where did you apply last year? I understand if its a sensitive subject. I stumbled across my Deerfield rejection letter yesterday and started to cry all over again. Apparently my mom saved it because it was an important day in my life…thanks, mom!</p>
<p>But back to the topic of the thread, I re-read my essays from last year and they’re really disorganized. So everyone make sure that you have clear goals in each paragraph of your essay!</p>