College essay about crushes on teachers?

Applying to College
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<p>For my creative writing class last year, I wrote a personal essay about having crushes on teachers and my hypotheses on why I thought my crushes had developed. I was pretty proud of it after I had written it; it was thorough, analytic, and showed off my personal voice. </p>

<p>Would it be a bad idea to make this essay my college essay? Would admissions officers be wary of a student with a history of teacher crushes, for fear that I would engage in inappropriate relationships with professors in the future (which I wouldn’t)?</p>

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<p>Instant gut reaction:</p>

<p>I don’t care how good it is, why do you even want to open this door? Not only no, but hell no!</p>

<p>Other instant gut reaction:</p>

<p>If we’re not being trolled, this may be the worst idea I’ve ever heard for a college essay.</p>

<p>Maybe I’ll think I’m being mean later, but I don’t think so.</p>

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<p>MrMom62 has it right – hell, no! DO NOT write on that topic.</p>

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<p>Well, at least you’re being honest…</p>

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<p>is that really the one thing you want to define yourself by and show off to colleges? you only get one essay (usually). im sure its not, you probably have a lot more thoughtful and cool accomplishments!</p>

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<p>This is just a topic that is going to make an admissions counselor uncomfortable – I honestly can’t imagine it going any other way. And that is not your goal (at all!) with your essays.</p>

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<p>I would highly recommend that you choose a different topic- one that reflects better upon yourself. Sure it might break the boring streak of essays the admission officer has to read- but I’m guessing that they’ll only be laughing at you. If you were in creative writing, I’m guessing you can write well (and like to write), don’t try to repurpose an old essay for your college essay.</p>

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<p>I have to relay that after I wrote my reply earlier, I told my wife I had to read to her a new topic on CC - I didn’t tell her anything other than she needed to listen. </p>

<p>I didn’t get any further than the OPs topic line before I heard an emphatic “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” from across the room.</p>

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<p>I would moderate that. If it was a crush that as a 1st grader you had on the teacher who showed you could read and then use it as a starting point to talk about how teaching and reading changed your life, that’s fine. Any crush above age 10-11 is a problem and should NOT be the topic of an admission essay. </p>

<p>You’re not writing a creative writing piece. You’re writing something to show that you’re unique and must be admitted to enrich the life of the college. You’re trying to convince them to give you a chance because you’re better than the hundreds of other applicants. So you need to showcase yourself carefully.
In addition, your essay starts with an anecdote but it’s not from beginning to end what happened (like a creative writing story): it about using the anecdote as a starting point to describe yourself.</p>

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<p>No no no no no no!! That doesn’t demonstrate your strengths, but rather a unprofessional weakness. Innocent or not, no.</p>

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<p>This really could come across as creepy. Don’t write about it.</p>

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<p>Okay, no more answers. The answer seems to be a definitive NO…</p>

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<p>No way!!!</p>

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<p>Lol… I am interested to see how many ways the CC community can say no to this! :slight_smile: It seems to have touched a nerve…</p>

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<p>Second worst, I think. MrMom, you weren’t here yet for this one: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1408615-mentioning-having-sex-college-supplement-short-answer-question.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1408615-mentioning-having-sex-college-supplement-short-answer-question.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Smalltownpoet, I didn’t mean to pile on. I actually have great respect for the calm, good-natured way you’ve taken a bit of a beating in this thread. I’m sure it’s a good piece of writing. But it is, as you’ve already gathered, all wrong for this purpose.</p>

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<p>Haha, the post Sikorsky mentioned just about killed me with laughter.</p>

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<p>There’s a disconnect between what you see and what the admissions reader sees.</p>

<p>The first few essays I wrote I thought demonstrated how I did a lot of analysis, but honestly they were pretty pedestrian.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about it. I guess I was expecting negative reactions, but I figured I’d give the idea a shot anyway. I tried to approach my essay by analyzing what I had learned about myself through my crushes, which is a reliable way to approach any college essay, I think. But, of course, the subject matter itself is risky as hell. Thanks for your honest feedback, everyone.</p>

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<p>Best wishes, stp.</p>