<p>My essay currently ends like this: </p>
<p>This knowledge will allow me to conquer whatsoever things are true. (New Testament Book of Philippians 4:8) </p>
<p>The quote is Northwestern’s slogan. Is this too corny?</p>
<p>at first, i thought it was corny. but if everyone else thinks its corny and doesnt do it, then you’ll be the only one… making you clever and original? haha i dont know. its risky but colleges like risky. good luck</p>
<p>not as corny as ending with “Go 'Cats!” which is what i did. It probably won’t hurt you.</p>
<p>It depends on the rest of the essay. If you only allude to the slogan in the very last sentence, it probably won’t work.</p>
<p>Giving chapter and verse is certainly entirely unnecessary. That phrase is also just not very good writing.</p>
<p>Yea, one doesn’t really “conquer” truth.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’m going to do it. It’s too risky and is a little bit off in terms of vocabulary. Northwestern is a low reach/high match for me so I don’t think I want to take the chance.</p>
<p>^You don’t need to overthink it, they’re not going to reject you because of one sentence. If you still want to improve it you could replace “conquer” with something like “discover”.</p>