Talking about another school in my supplement essay...?

wildandyoung
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:49:44 +0000

So, I’m applying to the College of Arts and Sciences and I’m picking a piece of music that challenged or unsettled me.

So, the song I am picking is a song by an iconic Southern Rock band, and the school I’m going to talk about is the University of Alabama. I’m going to talk about how you can’t judge by stereotypes and how the song has helped me look beyond common stereotypes and find the truth for myself.

I’m incorporating 'Bama into my essay because I applied there, and I’ve been getting a lot of crap from all sorts of people about it, based of off all of the negative stereotypes the state of AL has accumulated over the years.

The song I’m using goes against all of the stereotypes of Southern society, in the 70s(just after Civil Rights movement, etc…) when the band was prominent.

Good idea or not? I mean I’d pick UVa over UA unless of course I don’t get in to UVa, or don’t get any aid from UVa (I’m from Ohio, so I’ll need a little help with the OOS costs), but I don’t want to make my essay readers to get the wrong idea.

I know a controversial issue is sometimes good to use, but was wondering if this would count or would it hurt me? Plus I’m OOS, so the odds are against me, and I need a pretty good essay.

Thanks!