<p>Well I just re-wrote my CA supplement for UVA and it is rather comical. I made this reference in the essay:</p>
<p>“I was going to order the classic – a buttered roll. However, my dad finally had enough. No longer was I allowed to reside in my taste-bud’s fort of security. He ordered me a Bacon Egg and Cheese sandwich with everything on it.
I don’t know what happened, but it was as if Joshua and his trumpets brought the walls crumbling down… again.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure if using this bible story in these terms is inappropriate. I’m catholic and don’t find it offensive, but would love to have some feedback from anyone else. </p>
<p>I am also a senior and some of my friends ask this kind of question.
Although I am not an expert in college application, I will
give you my idea. I always try to tell my friends to avoid controversial
topics such as religion, politics, race etc.
I tell them rather focus on their stories not the world because
that’s what the schools want to know.
But I think in your case, it won’t be a big problem.
It’s just a small reference. Only worry is that UVA might not
catch it. I myself is a Catholic, and I am not really familiar with
that story. Maybe I learned it in my own language and can’t
really recognize it just from that.
Well good luck. It looks like UVA is your top choice looking at
your ID haha. Hopefully, we both get in.</p>
I actually disagree with this. We get lots of bland essays written to please us. The writers rarely take a stand on anything.</p>
<p>When someone has an opinion or a strong point of view, it’s kind of refreshing. I don’t have to agree with your stance or like your position to admit you. What’s more, at schools our size, there’s room for everyone. We don’t need to have a class full of students who adhere to one ideology.</p>
<p>For most educated people, the Bible is literature, regardless of whether they consider it a sacred text.</p>
<p>Wow, the Bible as literature was just debated in my English class. On the AP test, we’re asked to use a piece of literature to answer the question. Only about a fourth of the class said that the Bible had literary merit. </p>
<p>Thanks for the help again guys. I guess my reference to Joshua stays!</p>
<p>We studied bible stories like Ruth in my public school Philadelphia suburb 11th grade English class. It was in our approved huge reading textbook. I would be surprised if the same was not true in other parts of the country, especially in the South.
There are plenty of religious people at UVA, fyi.</p>