Satire for an admissions essay?

danas
Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:53:14 +0000

I’ve read papers as a TA at an elite university. I can tell you that I never, ever, “got” that the satire was satire. Keep in mind that the persons reading your essays don’t know you. Unless you preface your essay with the head’s up “this is a satire”, I would never risk it.