Can an application be TOO focused?

entomom
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:08:21 +0000

IMO, yes.

There’s more to you beyond grades, test scores and even ECs. What else makes you unique and interesting?

Sometimes I think students get too concerned with using their essay as a place to try and convince adcoms how ‘passionate’ and dedicated they are to an EC, when it’s already well demonstrated in other parts of their application.

It’s my personal bias that I think the essay is a great place to talk about something that isn’t addressed anywhere else on your application, something less tangible than grades or awards, something that shows how you think and see the world around you, something that only you can bring to the college.

Like I said, it’s just my opinion, no insider knowledge.