How much does an average essay hurt chances?

amontobin
Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:34:24 +0000

We’re coming down to crunch time, and I’m stressing out over my essays.
So, I wrote them, had parents, friends, teachers, review it, and sent them out without a second thought.

However, looking at all these excellent essays, I’m worried because I wrote mine more like a standard essay rather than this “narrative” format that seems to be extremely successful.
I wrote a personal, slightly humorous, and solid essay about my founding of a club at my school and how it grew, but it doesn’t have flashy writing or searing wit. In other words, I don’t have any phrases like, “The sweat dripped down my heavy brow as I peered towards the clock…” or dialogue that’ll make you break out in a fit of laughter.

So, what I want to know is: how much can a solid, but stylistically mediocre (and comparatively boring) hurt someone’s chances if they have a pretty good application otherwise?