Common App Essay Question (ninjas and pirates inside)

<p>I wrote my “topic of your choice” about the ninjas vs pirates debate. The way I wrote it sounds like a serious research paper, but now that I’ve finished I’m having second thoughts. If some of you would take a minute to reply, I’d like to get a general vote: will I get points for creativity with the adcoms, or will they dismiss me as not serious enough? I do have a respectable transcript/test scores, but I guess I’m as freaked out as many other people on this site about applying to ivies and don’t want to do anything stupid that would ruin my chances. >.<</p>

<p>P.S. Fellow procrastinators, please don’t steal my idea if other users think it’s a good one. ;-)</p>

<p>Depends if you actually manage to say something about yourself…</p>

<p>Yeah, that’s what I wasn’t sure about. I know kids in my school applied (and got into good colleges) with essays they did for school assignments in order to show off their writing style. I was thinking of following their example, because while my SATs were good I only got a 6 on the essay portion and wanted to sort of counter that. I think I have a strong voice in what I have written, but it isn’t at all about me. Hence my apprehension…</p>