would this essay be "illegal"

<p>obviously, nobody's going to come arrest me. but I was thinking about making my common app essay a letter that I would be writing to my future roommate. telling them about how important my family is (and therefore will be calling me like 921498 times a day), how obsessed I am with reading and our dorm will therefore look more like a library than anything else, how I am so proud of my Indian culture and I'll be dragging her with me to every Indian thing there is,etc. I won't sound this annoying in the essay but....</p>

<p>I just found out that standford has a supplement essay that asks pretty much the exact same thing: write an letter to your roommate. </p>

<p>I'm not applying to Stanford or anything but is the idea okay or is it like cheating? and if its not cheating, is it a good idea?</p>

<p>You can use the topic for the common app essay especially since you’re not applying to Stanford. If you think that is the best topic for your essay, then I think you should</p>

<p>as long as it reveals something about you (and it sounds like it does).</p>