<p>So, I'm answering one of the UNC Chapel Hill supplemental questions. They said not to overthink it so I've just been answering with the first thing that comes to my head.</p>
<p>The question was: What's the best thing since sliced cheese?
My answer: "sliced cheese" or "sliced cheese ;) "</p>
<p>Should I add a winky face after cheesed slice? It's the kind of response i would give in real life, but would admissions officers look at it the wrong way?</p>
<p>No winky face, no matter what the question, no matter what the answer.</p>
<p>That’s what I was leaning towards. I thought that the winky face would show off my personality but then i thought “eh. better not.” Thanks!</p>
<p>With that answer you are really throwing it away anyway…</p>
<p>I’m not really sure what part of that you think is “throwing it away.” I’m sorry I don’t take everything too seriously? It’s worked out for me for the past seventeen years.</p>
<p>Oh well, if it’s worked out for you for the past seventeen years then how can you possibly go wrong? /sarcasm</p>
<p>Just curious, how many college application cycles have you been through in your seventeen years? UNC gets to be pretty choosy and frankly, your answer is just weak.</p>
<p>What does it even mean? Is it a fart joke or are you saying that you’re not imaginative enough to think of an invention more interesting than sliced cheese? Either way, I agree with BrownParent and Joblue; it’s weak, very weak.</p>
<p>“Don’t overthink it” is not the same as “Don’t think.”</p>
<p>Not gonna lie. Just a bit offended right now.</p>
<p>Wait so what’s the joke</p>
<p>ohohohohoohohoooo nvermind as in cut the cheese!</p>
<p>Uhhhh I think it’s better to not use the winky face on a normal app but then your answer wouldnt make sense without it</p>
<p>ScarletMoon - I am sorry you are offended, but I have read your posting multiple times and I STILL do not get it. The question is what is the best thing since sliced cheese … and you answer sliced cheese??? What the heck? Are you saying that nothing to you is as good as sliced cheese? This college is giving you an opportunity to give a hint into what YOU like, what is important to you and what might set you apart from other applicants. And with your current answer, you are basically saying, I’m not telling you anything. I realize you think that your current answer does say something about you – but I am being totally honest when I tell you that what it says about you is NOT what you want the colleges to think about you. Please do not be offended. You asked us for our opinion, I am sorry you do not like our thoughts.</p>
<p>Don’t be offended! It’s actually well-intentioned constructive criticism…I vote with coming up with another answer as well.</p>
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<p>And how long has that attitude worked for you, Joblue?</p>
<p>Sorry, but the OP didn’t come here looking for sarcasm. She also didn’t come here looking for extended critiques of her two-word reply to the UNC question. All she asked was, “Winky - yes or no?” The answer is no - we’re all agreed on that. So leave it alone.</p>
<p>Sliced cheese? The saying is “The best thing since sliced bread.” Apparently the folks at UNC need some work on their familiar American colloquialisms.</p>
<p>Sorry if I was harsh. I just think you can come up with something better. As Momof2back2back has said, this is you opportunity to tell the college who you are and what is important to you, I’m sure you can give the admissions committee something more meaningful than what you’ve posted here.</p>
<p>I was baffled by this too, and now I suspect that UNC’s question was “what’s the best thing since sliced bread?”, and that ScarletMoon mis-typed it in the opening post.</p>
<p>The question is what is the best thing since sliced bread (Google is our friend in these cases). Therefore, I suspect she thinks her answer is funny…sliced cheese. Hey, it’s her application!</p>
<p>I just looked at my original post. The question was supposed to be: What’s the best thing since sliced bread? </p>
<p>Sorry about the confusion and thanks for the help. I probably will try to think a bit more about it.</p>
<p>*I don’t mind constructive criticism, but I don’t think saying that I am “throwing it away” is very helpful.</p>
<p>Be yourself, and I think it’s fine as long as they see other sides to you also. They will after all see your GPA and test scores so they will hopefully know you are capable of intellectual thought as well as your more silly side. I’m a firm believer in going with your gut, and trusting your instincts… (while still being appropriate of course) it’s worked for me for 47 years now… Your taking a chance, putting yourself out there, being authentic and I would hope that admissions people would find that refreshing and real.</p>
<p>College App Rule #147: If you have to ask on CC whether a particular answer is clever or a good idea - it’s probably not.</p>
<p>The first person who wrote their entire essay in ‘text’ was interesting, innovative, a bit bold, different, and probably fared pretty well as far as evaluation of essays go. The 50th one you’ve read is just plain indulgent.</p>
<p>Be very careful when, where, how, and why you decide to get cheeky in your application. What plays well to your AP Lit teacher may fall very flat to someone who has never met you. There is no context. If you felt you might need to add an emoticon this usually means you want to make sure the reader understands your intent. The written word without context allows for no body language, facial expressions, that most of us use as 50% of communication (it’s why things can go quickly downhill over misunderstandings on internet forums between very well meaning people). If you feel your intent or meaning might be missed without the emoticon you may want to go a different direction. The last thing you want is a bleary eyed admissions rep who has 15min to review your file, you are number 50 that day, it’s triple venti number 5 just to stay awake, they get to your essay and think “What the heck does that mean?” Reread (which wastes time from everything else in the app) and shakes head again…moving on, never having understood what you were getting at.</p>