<p>Can this be written in a laid back tone?</p>
<p>yes; seems like a good idea if that's what you're trying to convey.</p>
<p>I wrote that I was their "WORST NIGHTMARE", followed up with "I AM BATMAN". I hope they take it well.</p>
<p>^Hahaha. That could go either way.</p>
<p>I also was a risk-taker and did something totally random. I figured they will either totally love it and it will get me in or they'll just hate it and that will be the end of that.</p>
<p>Why so serious?</p>
<p>Laid back is fine. :P</p>
<p>lol sak09, me too.</p>
<p>I wrote about how I have pudgy hands. LOL. Of course, I connected it to how I'm optimistic and turned my fat hands into an actual good thing/how I perceive them differently, and how I'm proud of them. I'm just hoping my admissions officer doesn't think I'm weird.</p>
<p>hahahaha fat hands :P</p>
<p>lol shut up =P</p>
<p>Hopefully the person reviewing my file will laugh :)</p>
<p>Pudgy hands may not be the standard subject matter, but I've seen kids use for more unusual topics for essays and be admitted to Tufts and other, even more competive, schools. Good for you!
And good luck!</p>
<p>OK.. now I am concerned that my "conservative" and "non-sharer" of a son doesnt have a shot! He has always been one of those kids that will sit on the side of the pool watching the results of others' jumping before making a decision. He is not exactly cautious as much as he calculates risk. he WILL jump, but it has to be thought out... and the college admissions process is not skewed to his strengths of reveal. He is a complicated kid... brilliant, but complicated. His senior speech was about not assuming you know a person based on their activities. He is an athlete but is actually more of a "geek" by definition. I thought it was apt to who he is, but then I read about someone writing an essay about pudgy hands and I think.,.. no way is my son getting in based on his essay.</p>
<p>I have the same problem :( I actually think most of my essays are the weaker part of my applications. I really liked my Tufts essays, but they weren't anything like writing about pudgy hands. I'm a naturally more reserved and almost traditional kind of writer. I wrote about who I am, the way I normally write. And if thats not what Tufts wants, it just might not be the school for me because I won't "force" out a different writing style.</p>
<p>Good point lioness. One has to remember that you will end up attending a school that is a good fit for you. And if my son's less than pudgy hands are not supposed to toil at Tufts than that's the way it goes. (although it will still suck if he doesn't get in)</p>
<p>Lmao. Now I'm gonna be known as the girl with pudgy hands :( Watch me post on other threads and get referred to as that. I.e. "Hey - girl with pudgy hands - interesting post!"</p>
<p>And guys, that actually truly is who I am. One of my friends read my essay and told me that essay is going to make me sound like a freak... but honestly, that's who I truly am, lol. I'm not forcing any writing style - in fact, my common app essay was about how I can't dance... on the other hand, my other essay was (still creative) but about my family's "open forums" or discussions.</p>
<p>I'll let you know if I get in, haha. And if my pudgy hands was a factor or not :P I honestly liked my essays... I don't know, if I don't get in, I'm going to assume it was either based on the criteria that my essay is just weird/creepy, or that my GPA is too low.</p>
<p>I'm really curious as to what Dan's input on this would be.</p>
<p>Also, I'd like to say to lioness that (yes I checked your post history) if you're from Vermont, you already have a semi-hook. I'm from NJ... Tufts' class last year had 101 kids from NJ. And ~10 kids are applying from my school alone. If anything, that must put me at a disadvantage. I'm just hoping that writing about something unique will help me.</p>
<p>EDIT: I just realized you put OOS in the UV forum. Whoops! Sorry. But if you are from more of a "obscure" or rare state, then my comment still applies =P</p>
<p>I wrote about the posters and such on the wall of my room and got in last year.</p>
<p>Modadunn-
Have no fear - Tufts looks for different types. As I said, pudgy hands is NOT the standard subject matter, but it could work. What did your conservative, non-sharing, brilliant, athletic geek of a son write about? Still waters run deep; maybe he let them know that there's a lot beneath the reserved exterior. My child did that, and it worked.</p>