| One of the hardest things one would ever write in | | | | project may make you seem like a knowledgeable |
| one’s life would be the college application | | | | person, or someone who just rehashed a research |
| essay. Aside from answering the given essay | | | | paper. Instead, be a bit more personable in your |
| prompts and meeting the 500-word requirement, you | | | | approach to a certain issue and look and write about |
| also have to manage to convince the panel members | | | | it not as a scientist or a philosopher, but as a high |
| reading your essay that you are worth that slot. | | | | school senior about to enter college. |
| However, outlining how you can build a nuclear | | | | * Tasteless vs. witty development of themes |
| reactor out of art supplies or voicing out your | | | | There’s more risk when you’re given the |
| opinions about the current state of affairs in the | | | | chance to hand in a 500-word essay about anything |
| government won’t actually give these panel | | | | under the sun and it would determine your chances |
| members what they want to find out about you, | | | | at a college education. Though it would be tempting |
| especially if written in grammar or language that | | | | to write about something that would give the |
| doesn’t befit someone who lives in the | | | | impression that you are smart enough, you may fall |
| present. However, that doesn’t mean you can | | | | into the trap of trying to be what you’re not. |
| just type away your essay that it sounds like a blog | | | | It would be best if you stick to topics that are closer |
| entry. Here’s how to craft that winning piece | | | | to home and that you would know a lot about so |
| that will get you into college in no time. | | | | that it would be easier to develop the essay around |
| * Tacky vs. tactful treatment of topic | | | | your thesis statement. |
| Though admissions panel members really want to | | | | * Slang vs. formal language |
| read and get to know who you really are, this is not | | | | Despite the fact that panel members look for an |
| an excuse to get too lax in your grammar and | | | | applicant’s personality in the admission essay, this |
| manner of writing. It may be a little bit helpful if you | | | | doesn’t mean that you’re going to pass an |
| write in a voice that is your own, holding no | | | | entry straight out from your blog. Language and |
| pretensions of knowing all about science, philosophy, | | | | grammar are very important factors that panel |
| or life and just letting your personality color your | | | | members look at when determining one’s |
| words. If you express certain sentiments about an | | | | eligibility. Informal or slang terms may be used, if |
| issue or topic, do so in a manner that would not | | | | only sparingly or when it befits the topic. Otherwise, |
| come across as preachy or discriminating, but instead | | | | formality or at least propriety, in language is |
| show how thoughtful you are about it. Writing an | | | | preferred. |
| essay on how much you know about a certain | | | | |