Aside from being unworthy of comparison to classics and the Bible, college essays are not the place to look for literary eloquence. They are the place to find amateur writing, cheesy posturing, comma splices, and thesaurus overuse. They are not repositories of any kind of insight or enjoyable reading experience.
Unless you are some damn genius who writes with skill, authenticity, and flair. And we have way to many of those in our school. I've come across quite a few poorly planned and written essays, but there is more than a fair share of great. Reading Daphne's oh-so-brilliant college essay only exaggerated my personal inferiority complex. What am I? Woefully untalented at sports, art, and music. Inadequacy reigns supreme today. Flipping through books of "successful" (keyword is successful, not good) college essays, I realized I must really try to find disappoint in my charmed life.
My essay is such a load of bull. There's enough quirk to register on U Chicago's eccentro-meter but it'll tip the weird-o-meter at other schools. Laurel, a perfectly nice normal person, reminded me of this.
Sigh. Must study for physics quiz NOW. Poor little rich asian, Acton, emo girl signing off.
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Don't sweat the small stuff, spam it up.
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