Did I make a mistake??A terrible one!!!

College Essays
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<p>Hi,
I am an international applicant and I applied for the class of 2013. I had heard that honesty is very important in application essays, so I became extremely honest while writing my application essays, which, now I think, was a terrible mistake!</p>

<p>What I wrote about:</p>

<p>I had a terrible accident about 8 years ago(right now I am 19) and due to that accident, I had to get one of my kidneys removed. And today I live with a single kidney.So, I wrote about how the accident has shaped me into who I am today and how the chain of circumstances after that accident have inspired me to become an engineer. I thought it would be an interesting topic and would catch the Adcoms’ attention, but as it turns out, I was rejected straightaway from all the schools to which I submitted that essay. Interestingly, I was accepted to almost all the other schools to which I did not send that essay.So, do you think that was a mistake?(A huge one probably because I was rejected from my dream school!)</p>

<p>Since English is not my first language, I don’t claim that they were extremely well written but they did portray myself well!</p>

<p>I don’t think that other factors broke the deal because I applied to my reach schools and was accepted to other “equally competitive schools”(where I didn’t send that essay!)…So, what do you guys say??</p>

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<p>Hm, from what it sounds like, your essay was very good. I don’t see any reason admission officers would reject you based on your essay… unless they don’t like people with one kidney or something.</p>

<p>The only possible reason I can think of is that your essay was so surreal and “perfect” that they thought you made the story up and rejected you based on that. But I would think they would try to investigate to see if it’s real. Maybe you could appeal? Many colleges offer an appeal system.</p>

<p>You might also need to consider that maybe they didn’t accept you based on other reasons (grades, test scores, EC, etc.)</p>

<p>I think you should definitely go through the appeal system. There’s still hope! I hope it works out for you. Just out of curiosity, what was your dream school?</p>

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<p>yea, maybe if you could call them and ask what it was ? dont know if thats possible, but maybe ? and yea try appealing to the dream school :slight_smile: and like jeebee said, which one was that ? :P</p>

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<p>You didn’t make a mistake. That sounds like a great essay topic. International admission is extremely competitive, especially if you asked for money, and who knows why you were turned down. Be glad you got some acceptances.</p>