Do people actually name-drop university programs/classes/professors in their supplemental essays?

yikkblue
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:30:58 +0000

ECCA2026:

they were the first to reject the administration’s compact, and did so via a public letter that focused on how they want to compete on merit for grants with everyone else in the country because that is the ethos of who they are and their core beliefs in scientific inquiry. And that everyone else followed

Isn’t it too risky to mention anything political? Wouldn’t any mention of protests, presidents forced to step down, certain offices dissolved/repurposed, federal funding cuts at the school, etc., be off limit? I would advise my child (or anyone) to stay far, far away from these sensitive topics, no matter how much it could potentially make their “why us” essays stand out.