Collecting jordans...

angelolee69
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:27:08 +0000

Guys, I also posted the same question in niketalk. Here are some of the answers I got.
“Using that on a college app might be the worst idea I have ever heard.”
“Collecting J’s is a hobby. If you think that it will help get you into college…you need to pay more attention in school.”
“admissions will laugh at you as they write your denied letter.”
“I would personally stay away from writing your essays about shoes. How would a shoe collector benefit the student body in any way? You MAY be able to use shoe collecting and showing diversity and being unique, but thats would be too much of a stretch. Most colleges give essay topics that want you to show perseverance, overcoming challenges and obstacles, life changing experiences, etc. Put yourself in the shoes of the reader. Would a middle aged academician want to read a paper from some 17 year old about collecting shoes? that paper is going straight to the shredder.”

ALL of their replies were negative and strongly opposed writing about shoes. I suspect that this might be because they think collecting shoes is commonplace since everyone in the site collects, but the last poster (the long quotation) may have a point. What do you guys think?