21122012

Hi,
I am an international applicant and I applied for the class of 2013. I had heard that honesty is very important in application essays, so I became extremely honest while writing my application essays, which, now I think, was a terrible mistake!

What I wrote about:

I had a terrible accident about 8 years ago(right now I am 19) and due to that accident, I had to get one of my kidneys removed. And today I live with a single kidney.So, I wrote about how the accident has shaped me into who I am today and how the chain of circumstances after that accident have inspired me to become an engineer. I thought it would be an interesting topic and would catch the Adcoms' attention, but as it turns out, I was rejected straightaway from all the schools to which I submitted that essay. Interestingly, I was accepted to almost all the other schools to which I did not send that essay.So, do you think that was a mistake?(A huge one probably because I was rejected from my dream school!)

Since English is not my first language, I don't claim that they were extremely well written but they did portray myself well!

I don't think that other factors broke the deal because I applied to my reach schools and was accepted to other "equally competitive schools"(where I didn't send that essay!)....So, what do you guys say??

jeebee

Hm, from what it sounds like, your essay was very good. I don't see any reason admission officers would reject you based on your essay... unless they don't like people with one kidney or something.

The only possible reason I can think of is that your essay was so surreal and "perfect" that they thought you made the story up and rejected you based on that. But I would think they would try to investigate to see if it's real. Maybe you could appeal? Many colleges offer an appeal system.

You might also need to consider that maybe they didn't accept you based on other reasons (grades, test scores, EC, etc.)

I think you should definitely go through the appeal system. There's still hope! I hope it works out for you. Just out of curiosity, what was your dream school?

ns89

yea, maybe if you could call them and ask what it was ? dont know if thats possible, but maybe ? and yea try appealing to the dream school and like jeebee said, which one was that ? :P

greennblue

You didn't make a mistake. That sounds like a great essay topic. International admission is extremely competitive, especially if you asked for money, and who knows why you were turned down. Be glad you got some acceptances.