<p>I was just browsing through the old Wellesley threads and came upon this one (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=138470[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=138470</a> ) and thought “Hey, maybe we should do that too!” Btw, before i post my essay, are we allowed to? (just to make sure)</p>
<p>You are allowed to, but you should be aware that a lot of students may copy your essay (next year).</p>
<p>Yeah it’s a whole “at your own risk” thing.
But mine is pretty bad, so I don’t want to post mine :X</p>
<p>aww, that’s true that pple might copy them 
aww, i wanted to have everybody share why they want to go but it’s ok 
oh miss zanna, omg, i bet urs was amazing, ur being too humble :)</p>
<p>Well, you don’t need to post the whole essay… you can just your own personal reasons for loving Wellesley. Those aren’t secret.</p>
<p>becuz it’s the best…lol, actually i really want to double major and Wellesley is strong in both of these majors</p>
<p>i’d be willing to post mine, haberdashery. i’m not too worried about plagiarism haha :)</p>
<p>I’m not as worried about plagiarism as I probably should be (I’ve already posted my [Common</a> App essay](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=291193"]Common”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=291193)), but I’m honestly embarrassed by how awful all my “Why _____?” essays were. At the end of the process I was so exhausted that I really didn’t put in as much effort as I should have. :o</p>
<p>^^^agreed. i’m a little embarassed to post my essay, get lots of sympathetic “oh it’s so good” responses, and know that deep down everyone else is thinking “dear god…”</p>
<p>i was so sick of the whole process that by the time i got to the “Why ___” for every school, i put in about 5% effort, 95% copy-and-paste of my “academic interests”.</p>
<p>My essay was so cliched, it wasn’t even funny.</p>
<p>lol, i’m kind of worried about how it’ll be judged too :)</p>
<p>i seriously doubt it omz
mine was short but i liked it because i hate things that are long and wordy</p>
<p>mine was 2 paragraphs, well the 1st paragraph was 3 sentences i think so i hope that they don’t mind</p>
<p>yeah mine wasn’t that short…but it was like probably 250 words…maybe 233…or maybe in the one hundreds…</p>
<p>plus: i think the shorter, the more emphatic. every word will carry its own weight and makes people see the deeper meaning. </p>
<p>mine was two paragraphs also. it had a rhythm to it…like the rest of my writing</p>
<p>Mine was three paragraphs and 248 words. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who didn’t write that much!</p>
<p>i wouldn’t worry about …you’re supposed to adhere to two paragraphs…i mean come on…each paragraph should have eight sentences maybe??? (give and take)…it’s meant to be a short answer…or at least i believe it to be…</p>
<p>so now getting to the point of this nerve wracking thread…</p>
<p>am i the only one who actually wants to put their short answer for display???(more along the lines of criticism…but as writers we should be used to this…?)</p>
<p>by the way…in my message before this one and the one before there should be an “It” after “about”…sorry…didn’t mean for the sudden and rude interjection</p>
<p>Why did I even apply lol</p>