Satiric College Essays

thefool
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:56:17 +0000

Any tone is fine.

The main problem with doing satirical essays is that people tend to get caught up in the satire, and forget to make the essay personal enough. When you do that, all the admissions committee ends up seeing is that you are snarky, where a regular essay could have told them much more about who you are as a person.

If you do write one, I suggest you get someone who actually knows what they are doing give you a critique, as it is a subtle thing to get right. If you know a teacher who you trust, go with them. If you have friends at good schools that are good writers, ask them for advice. If you don’t have anyone, hire someone at a place like GuruFi. Don’t simply trust the feedback you get here from high school kids that have about as much perspective on the process as you do.