Is my Application Essay to Controversial????

_rentof2
Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:52:18 +0000

That’s a very poor choice for your essay for the reasons others have already mentioned. College admissions committees would much rather read something that reveals aspects of who you are, not a rigid opinion about a political topic. They also want students to be open-minded and willing to look at things from different perspectives… that’s what learning is all about. If the aspect of the abortion debate that reveals something about you and your values is a “sanctity of life” issue, then write an essay about what sanctity of life means to you – Do you volunteer to help others in need? That can be an excellent essay topic. Are you concerned about accessbility to health care for those that are poor and ill? If you’ve been touched by people in such dire straights and that has given you a direction in life, then talk about that. Adoption of disabled children? End of life care for the elderly? There are so many ways to present your values, how you either help others or hope to help others, without ponitificating on a highly charged political topic.

On the other hand, if you feel very strongly about writing that essay, you may prefer to do it and accept any consquences that could potentially follow. Maybe it would just eliminate colleges at which you’d be uncomfortable anyway, or colleges where you’d just make others uncomfortable.

Of course you know if you’re going anywhere that theater is taken seriously, you’ll have to learn to be accepting of people with very liberal opinions on a wide variety of subjects. As a general rule, people in the arts tend not to be conservative… but you probably already know that.