<p>This reminds me of my friend. His parents made him apply to UVa and so, for the favorite word essay, he said that his favorite word was ‘clusterfu**’ and that his favorite book was Everyone Poops. Now, this is taking things a little much to the extreme as they might (ultimately) get him accepted just because of the number of days the adcom is going to be laughing (the essay is actually hilarious and extremely well-written) from his application. It’ll show them that he has some guts. Now, if you really don’t want to get in (I don’t understand why you wouldn’t at least try unless you would be forced to go there if accepted), go for cliche essays.</p>