<p>So I’ve been working on this essay for a few weeks now and hope to “apply before thanksgiving pie”. Some of my friends have read it and they always give me a nostalgic smile of approval after reading it but I’ve yet to get any real criticisms. Due to the structure of my essay I don’t want to give away why an older person may not fully understand it but it’ll be obvious once you’ve read it.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! (and out of caution, please no '14s)</p>
<p>ill read your essay. pm it to me</p>
<p>Sure I’ll read it but whats a 14’s?</p>
<p>When you say older people might not “get it”, how old to you mean. I might fit your definition. I will take a look at your essay, if you would like.</p>
<p>from what I’ve heard, most readers aren’t that old. they’re grad students. some 60-year-old dean probably isn’t going to reviewing your profile</p>
<p>You do need to take your reader into consideration, but…they could be “all over the map”. And…us “over 50s” aren’t quite senile yet, AND many of us have kids (no, I don’t work in admissions, I’m just saying that, in general).</p>
<p>But my real reason to post was to say that we went to a presentation consisting of Harvard, Duke, Stanford, Georgetown, and Penn. The presenters were your readers. And some were the “directors” of their admissions departments. And I do not think ANY of them were over 40. I would say 3 of the 5 were about 30-34. 1 was younger, and one was very young. </p>
<p>Don’t sweat it.</p>