Highly Unconventional Essays

epidemic
Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:45:13 +0000

in all my essays i submitted i used a very informal tone and made up my own topics that were about stuff like my idiosyncrasies: why i don’t capitilize my name, why i’m obsessed with the number nine, and in general it seemed to work.
i can’t say whether HYP schools would enjoy these type of essays because i applied to more creative schools like chicago, bard, and NYU, but if your writing style is unique and you’re most comfortable writing in that style then i would encourage you to do so. at least you would know that what you submitted was yourself, and you wouldn’t second guess your application if you got rejected.