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The truth about me
My friends dared me to write my essay on this subject so I'm doing it. Well, my friend (singular) anyway. There's just that one, Marie. She's paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
The truth is, I'm boring. Everyone who's ever met me says that and they say it pretty soon after meeting me. In fact, this essay may be the most exciting thing I've ever done. I don't suppose you admissions people have gotten a lot of essays like this in fact. But here it is and there you are.
Why do I say I'm boring? Well, first of all I don't have that much to say. Beyond the thing about being boring, I guess. It's funny, though. (I don't mean funny in the ha ha sense. That wouldn't be so boring, you know?) Because I say so very much.
My sentences go on and on because even though there's no much content, my theory is that empty air time is a little bit worse and lonely and all that compared with my going on and on about things but at least I don't talk about things I know nothing about since I don't know enough to talk about them like some people do but instead I talk about, well, kind of about nothing but I sure can spin out quite a lot of words in doing so do you know what I mean?
My teachers don't seem to mind this feature of me all that much because to them boring is probably a relief from the rest of the kids in my school most of whom seem to disrupt class and ignore the teacher. So while I may not be exactly a firecracker, at least I'm not a stick of dynamite. (That last sentence threatens to be almost not boring. It's not typical.)
I suppose my professors in college might feel the same way about me. Isn't that a good reason to accept me in this age of embarrassing and potentially lawsuit-making kinds of behavior on the part of so many college-age kids?
Another reason I say I'm boring is that I can tell. I live with myself and I hear myself. The truth is I get bored hanging around me. And since there's not much option about it and no one else hangs around me long enough for things to get interesting, I get a continuous and up-close sample of the situation. Believe me, I'm right about this.
Still, I have no immediate plans to change this aspect of me. Since I also have not too much imagination, it would be hard for me to figure out how to get from here to there. I don't even know what 'there' is.
One more thing. You admissions people may worry that someone like me may run into some kind of trouble psychologically or something when I get to college and either flunk out or make excessive use of counseling services (like my brother did at State U. last year). But don't worry about that. The main effect of my boringness seems to be on others. I had a counselor. She's on medication now on account of depression after seeing me.
So main thing I'd suggest? Admit me, but make sure I have a single room. Depression is lousy for college kids.
So now you know. And I think you ought to let me in because of my honesty. And because this is just about the most exciting thing I've ever done.
The truth is, I'm boring. Everyone who's ever met me says that and they say it pretty soon after meeting me. In fact, this essay may be the most exciting thing I've ever done. I don't suppose you admissions people have gotten a lot of essays like this in fact. But here it is and there you are.
Why do I say I'm boring? Well, first of all I don't have that much to say. Beyond the thing about being boring, I guess. It's funny, though. (I don't mean funny in the ha ha sense. That wouldn't be so boring, you know?) Because I say so very much.
My sentences go on and on because even though there's no much content, my theory is that empty air time is a little bit worse and lonely and all that compared with my going on and on about things but at least I don't talk about things I know nothing about since I don't know enough to talk about them like some people do but instead I talk about, well, kind of about nothing but I sure can spin out quite a lot of words in doing so do you know what I mean?
My teachers don't seem to mind this feature of me all that much because to them boring is probably a relief from the rest of the kids in my school most of whom seem to disrupt class and ignore the teacher. So while I may not be exactly a firecracker, at least I'm not a stick of dynamite. (That last sentence threatens to be almost not boring. It's not typical.)
I suppose my professors in college might feel the same way about me. Isn't that a good reason to accept me in this age of embarrassing and potentially lawsuit-making kinds of behavior on the part of so many college-age kids?
Another reason I say I'm boring is that I can tell. I live with myself and I hear myself. The truth is I get bored hanging around me. And since there's not much option about it and no one else hangs around me long enough for things to get interesting, I get a continuous and up-close sample of the situation. Believe me, I'm right about this.
Still, I have no immediate plans to change this aspect of me. Since I also have not too much imagination, it would be hard for me to figure out how to get from here to there. I don't even know what 'there' is.
One more thing. You admissions people may worry that someone like me may run into some kind of trouble psychologically or something when I get to college and either flunk out or make excessive use of counseling services (like my brother did at State U. last year). But don't worry about that. The main effect of my boringness seems to be on others. I had a counselor. She's on medication now on account of depression after seeing me.
So main thing I'd suggest? Admit me, but make sure I have a single room. Depression is lousy for college kids.
So now you know. And I think you ought to let me in because of my honesty. And because this is just about the most exciting thing I've ever done.
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