Best to have an essay for the supplement?

frazzled1
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:24:17 +0000

One d recycled an assignment from her 11th grade English class. She’d had to produce her own version of a page from a current magazine. She chose “The New Yorker” and included an essay about her (small) place in the Hollywood dream factory as an employee at the local cineplex, a short poem about a beehive, and a sketch of a pair of flip flops, using the New Yorker’s layout, font, etc. I’d be surprised if anyone else submitted something similar, which I think is what the adcoms are looking for. Still, her sisters were also accepted, and they submitted the standard 5-paragraph essay -though the essays were kind of out there re subject matter and type of humor.

I’ve seen a few W & M optional submissions on youtube, which are neat. (I’d post some links, but I think we aren’t supposed to on CC.) I suggest being as “you” as possible.