<p>I am working on my EA supplemental essay, but frankly I don’t really like it…
What I really want to submit is a short (300-ish words) vignette that I wrote recently. It is my favorite thing I have ever written, because it is about my godfather, and it is truly written from inside of me. It was written for an assignment our my english teacher gave me after we had read “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros, which is written in a series of vignettes, not chapters. The problem with is that I wrote it from the point of view of me as a child… so it uses mostly short, simple sentences and simple vocabulary, though it has a great amount of depth. I think that is why I like it so much. My question is… if I submit this to Yale, will it just sound like I don’t know how to write, as in, I can’t use complex sentences and have a small vocabulary? If I was to submit it, would it be a good idea to write an introductory paragraph explaining the point of view I was writing from, or just send it as is? Or do you think it would reflect negatively on me if I send it at all? Sorry this is so long, but I’d appreciate any help!! Thanks!</p>
<p>i think you should just explain to them your point of view. it doesn’t sound that bad.</p>
<p>I think they’ll like the different approach, so many people copy down the thesaurus as an essay. However, make sure it reveals something about you, and that it’s not obvious that it’s a school assignment. No matter how much meaning it has to you, they won’t like a recycled essay.</p>
<p>Basically every AP English lit. class does this (well a TON) so I 2nd the advice of not making it obvious it was already used for something</p>
<p>k, thanks for the imput</p>