<p>My essay was about my thoughts as I took a shower. It had a nice stream of consciousness aspect to it. In retrospect, a more conservative reader might have been shocked seeing as I went into detail without actually using the word “shower”.</p>
<p>FWIW, I got into Caltech and Princeton with that essay (not that the essay was the sole deciding factor, I’m sure the other parts of the application were very important).</p>