University Honors Supplement Essays

MusicMusic
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:13:51 +0000

Indeed the description of the courses holds enormous appeal to me. At this point, however, I feel spent from all of the essay writing (and thinking) I’ve done throughout the Fall. A few nights ago I submitted two 500 word essays for a different honors program and my head actually hurt from thinking when I was done, lol.

The essay prompts for the special programs are generally thought-provoking, and doing justice to them, I find, requires thinking, analysis, self-reflection, writing, editing and so on. I’ve calculated I’ve written 11 separate 500+ word essays on all different topics - reflecting on quotes of brilliant writers and poets, identifying and solving world crises, explaining and celebrating my unique familial and cultural background, inventing blah blah blah…

I guess I’ve reached my limits as far as introspective essay production goes.

Again, good luck to those of you who have the wherewithal to push on through. To my mind, you deserve extra points just for getting it done.