Questions on college essays

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>So I’ve been reading many posts and realized that lots of people wrote their essays really creatively. But for my Why Penn essay, I started with a good hook and then the essay basically lapsed into straight-forward, matter-of-fact language. I basically said A,B,C at Penn attracts me and I will contribute to the greater academic community at Penn by doing A,B,C and participating in extracurriculars such as A,B,C and I like Penn because of its cultural diversity shown in A,B,C…
My optional essay was also written in a rather same tone. I basically described my family’s situation and how it affected me… I answered the prompt in a very straight-forward manner and described how my identity was affected by my background and how it affected my day to day experience.
I guess my only creative spurt came in my Common App long essay where I described this violin solo in front of thousands of people…and how I overcame it… but my worries with this essay is that I didn’t really analyze my thoughts but rather depicted the whole picture stylistically… but even this essay does not stand out :frowning: </p>

<p>I’m just worried about my essays…I think I will be rejected early decision… for my regular essays, should I change them and try to write more creatively? Thanks!!</p>

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<p>not everyone is creative and the adcoms know that… i think they are looking for a well written essay that allows an applicant’s personality to shine…as long as your essay was free of error and wasn’t boring than do not change them…have somebody read them and tell you if they reflect your personality or not and than if they don’t, think about editing.</p>

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<p>As long as they can tell who you are as a person, then you’re fine. As long as you showed in some way that you’re different from everyone else. Good luck :)</p>