Is My Dad Right??

FindAPlace
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:12:47 +0000

geek_mom and others:

Spot on. My S wrote an essay on how the character Hugh Laurie on “House, MD” affected his personal character development from middle school through high school. He was able to weave in literary references as well, since “House” is a take off from Sherlock Holmes. My S addressed positive and negative character traits of the House character and related it back to his own personal development, especially the positive ones related to scientific inquiry since S is planning to be a physics major. We thought his essay came off well, with both the literacy references and the edginess from House. Additionally, the prompt did allow for fictional characters.

We’ll see what happens. My S was also “out there” with his Common App short essay elaborating on an EC. Since prose was not required, he wrote about how his piano makes him feel, and wrote it in a poetic style.