Common app essay being to political?

4gsmom
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:26:36 +0000

I don’t think it’s a terrible idea as long as it tells the reader about you and what’s important to you. My daughter wrote a supplemental essay about leaving the Catholic church. It said a lot about her as a person and she was accepted ED to the school for whom it was a supplement. She took a chance - it could’ve been read by someone Catholic who might have been offended, but she felt strongly about it and it was something that was truly unique and important to her.