<p>so, i decided to go the non traditional route (seriously, i’m sick of college essays at this point lol) and i submitted a stream of consciousness essay taken directly from my diary.
i was really inspired by steinbeck before i wrote it so i was going hardcore into the intellectual thought process type analysis
the subject matter was like an analysis of society and how we define achievement and how we rank achievement and how in the scheme of things “achievement” is menial…but it seems to be in human nature that we strive anyways
and then i gave my insight as to how people should live…
idk if itll screw me over because its not a traditional essay type thing, but i feel that it’s decent because it demonstrates how i think and how i try to put my life into perspective…
let me know. (:
<3sarah</p>
<p>It could make you stand out…in a good or a bad way…did someone read it over for you?</p>
<p>I think if its not copied exactly from your diary (meaning you revise it a bit to make sure there are no grammar mistakes and to clear up any issues), then it could be a great essay topic.</p>
<p>yes i had it checked but it is in no means in a true structured essay form like no paragraphs, BIG CAPITALIZED LETTERS on things i want to emphasize…
i did catch something that my teacher didn’t, however, and it’s too late bc i 've already sent it in, but on one of my statements i put 4 periods in an elipses…
wont mess up the understanding, but its still kinda noticeable.
there really wasn’t a true way i could make it fully academic because it wasn’t supposed to be but if anyone wants to read it i’ll be happy to send it over</p>
<p>It’s not like a school essay. If you entertain them, it’s all good. Of course they need to know you understand the RULES of writing…but they can get that by looking at your standardized test scores. This is a “story of you”. I DIG non-traditional writing. You just have to hope your “reader(s)” does/do too. Best of luck.</p>
<p>hopefully. i got a 34 on the english (punctuation and grammar part) of my ACT…maybe they’ll count that?</p>
<p>oh and also. a better way to describe what kind of persuasive approach i took: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Spiritual Laws (just had to read it in school this week, it was creepy how we pointed out some of the same stuff)</p>
<p>of course, i wrote it in comprehensible english. lmao</p>