<p>^How was your application “creative?” I’m interested.</p>
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<p>I’m pretty sure being female hurts for many LACs.</p>
<p>Oh, and no hooks :)</p>
<p>Well, I guess ‘creative’ was kinda the wrong word; ‘authentic’ would probably be better.</p>
<p>For my EC’s I wrote small little blurbs about each of them that were supposed to emphasize what I got out of them or why they were meaningful to me. My favorite one was the one for my volunteer counselor thing where I said that I still remember making all the kids hug the poor kid that peed his pants. I said it because that was what I remember most about that activity…that poor kid came up to me crying (it was the second time he peed his pants that day!), and I had blurbs like that for all my other EC’s too (they weren’t in the same tone as this one though haha). As well, in the additional info section, I wrote how certain activities - such as reading, talking with my friends about philosophy, politics, sports - were not ‘formal’ but rather were part of my ‘flow of life’ (I still think I’m an idiot for putting that on there lol - changed my mind the send after I hit submit!).</p>
<p>Additionally, I wrote about the reasoning behind my course selection. I took some honors courses instead of AP courses because they fit my educational needs better (I used the example of my US History honors instead APUSH, but said I would only explain that one) and helped me get the knowledge I wanted out of school. I said how I didn’t just want to take AP courses for the sake of AP courses, then said how I believed that I still had challenged myself out of school through taking on the ideas of some of the greatest thinkers in the history of the world (see my hooks). </p>
<p>For my H and Y apps, though, I added another thing. Since they had the ‘write about whatever you want’ essay, I complemented my philosophical common app essay (about how I was a Hegelian synthesis of fantasy and reality - in response to the fictional character one) with a light-hearted essay about random things about me that weren’t apparently elsewhere in my application.</p>
<p>So, I’d like to think that my app was ‘creative’ or ‘authentic,’ but the more I think about it, most of the stuff I did was downright risky and I hope my risks don’t end up biting me in the arse in the end =/.</p>
<p>^That sounds like it could be good/great! I’m sure you’ll be fine :)</p>
<p>im ridiculously good looking</p>
<p>I’m black, too!</p>
<p>I’m god. B1tches.</p>
<p>Pushing environmental legislation in Ohio…</p>
<p>Uhh…midwest might be a plus?</p>
<p>I don’t think that I possess one.</p>
<p>I go to an online school, which differentiates from typical applicants, but I don’t think that classifies as a hook.</p>
<p>im asian and a male… i guess nothing haha. my parents didnt go to college here. they immigrated here. soo… ehh. what is URM? and how do you know if you are it…</p>
<p>Indian dude who plays travel baseball in Canada? does that count</p>
<p>URM is under represented minority. So, african-american, hispanic, people from obscure countries or countries that aren’t really represented and the like</p>