<p>Good, thanks Coachella!</p>
<p>just submitted :)…and found a typo 
wrote world war I instead of world war II.</p>
<p>WOW.</p>
<p>ok.</p>
<p>WOW.</p>
<p>so two days after submitting I realize I did not address the prompt.</p>
<p>a conflict “that led you to new insights about yourself and/or other people”
completely forgot about this part. completely wrote about the conflict</p>
<p>…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p>
<p>nothing I can do about it.
looking back to my analysis and opinion essays, I feel like I did everything I wasn’t supposed to do…gosh dang it</p>
<p>ok…I really need to move on with life</p>
<p>Yes, I’ll probably be sending mine in after midnight EST</p>
<p>mine will definitely be sent after midnight :S</p>
<p>For essay #1, if we use an obscure poem that the admissions people might not have access to, should I type up a copy of the poem and include it in my “essay?” Because otherwise they won’t know what I’m talking about…
And yes, I haven’t done essays 1 or 2 yet. :)</p>
<p>Heeeeey, working on my number 1 too! Procrastinators unite :)</p>
<p>^haha
"Procrastinators unite!!!..tomorrow. :)</p>
<p>Has anybody else encountered this issue before? Any advice is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>^I would just include it in the essay just in case.</p>
<p>I was wondering about the time. Why Pacific time? Does that really mean we can submit after midnight?</p>
<p>Submitted!!! Ahh, now comes the wait 
Good luck to everyone still working/already submitted!</p>
<p>^^Hmm, if there’s really no way that they could access it, that might be a good idea? All depends on how they grade the critical analysis essays though, since I highly doubt they’d go and read every single piece that was analyzed…? Better safe than sorry though, I’d say!</p>
<p>And the Pacific time part does seem odd, especially since the applications are mailed to Ithaca… But yep, as long as you’re not in Pacific time!</p>
<p>^^^Maybe just make it clear what ideas you’re talking about, and cite a lot. The data entry fields on the application page have word limits.</p>
<p>I have to finish 2 and 5…</p>
<p>My essay will definitely not exceed 1500 words, even if I include the poem. And yeah, I’ll be citing quite a lot…but I’ll include the poem anyways.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Does anyone think that it would be acceptable to take a creative approach to the ‘specific problem or topic in a field that interests you?’ For example, rather than directly talk about this problem, could one write a spoofed essay taking the form of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal?” (The technique is where you defend the problem, but it becomes apparent that the entire essay is a Juvenalian satire that mocks an opposing viewpoint).</p>
<p>Any input would be great :)</p>
<p>^That sounds like a really great and creative idea. The prompt doesn’t really specify how they want us to write about it (it just says “discuss”), so I think your idea is acceptable. :)</p>
<p>^^HAHA I like that idea, that’d be interesting to read 
Go for it!</p>
<p>@Mechnesium Haha I already did that for my conflict essay, but I wasn’t as bold. I only did it for a segment of the essay rather than all of it since there were other points I wanted to make. It’d be interesting to read!</p>
<p>Submitted: now I wait. When are they narrowing it down to interviews?</p>
<p>I don’t know if I can do this…</p>
<p>@Mechnesium: Yeah I took that approach as well! I wrote an essay on the problem with McDonald’s, but wrote basically a “How to make a Homemade McDonald’s” but with the Jonathan-Swift twist. Either it’s a total fail, or a win, I guess that’ll be decided when I find out in March…but good luck with yours!
One more essay to go! Grrr darn #4 WMUT essays.</p>