<p>California Institute of Technology</p>
<p>Six months ago, this would’ve been by “dream” (not target however) university/college. However, I ditched the concept of “dream” and “target” colleges (now it’s a lottery). Now I am burned out by previous applications to other colleges, overloaded with winter break homeworks, and induced with the good ol’ Christmas stress/panic.</p>
<p>I how have 8 days left to write 3 short essays and 2 long essays; I know it’s possible for me to complete them with great polish, but do I want to? At the moment, I’m thinking of writing something different than my previous applications, as in a manner where the question of “How will the admission officers read this?” is absent. Certainly a refreshing break and <em>gasp</em> leisure from college applications. To make this even sweeter, Caltech requires me to add in some type of visual to their application…the possibilities are endless.</p>
<p>So, the question is should I also push myself a bit further and write with the same treatment as other applications, or should I try to experiment with this last application a bit? The essays won’t be unconventional or questionably liberal nor will it be poorly written, just that I’ll have a bit of “fun” by ignoring some factors that influenced how and what I wrote in my previous applications.</p>