<p>Anyone who tells you college essays are any less than 40% BSing is either lieing to you or is just good at BSing and needs to convince themselfs its somthing more than that.</p>
<p>Most topics are so absurdly broad that you can’t answer them in 500 words or less and go into detail at the same time. You can’t describe yourself in 500 words or less, not even slightly.</p>