EPTAlso, it's a short answer!! and you don't have much space to elaborate, and they just wanna know what was important to you this year. What have you got to lose?
You're not writing an essay about it, you're LISTING it with a reason.
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lilsusie
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Also, it's a short answer!! and you don't have much space to elaborate, and they just wanna know what was important to you this year. What have you got to lose? You're not writing an essay about it, you're LISTING it with a reason. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32161 Posts
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Animostas
United States568 Posts
I wrote my essay about heavy metal and Korean pop, after some people told me not to and it worked out for me. Don't worry about what's "acceptable." If you can put your heart into it and let them get something out of it, it'll work. | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
But if it's an essay.... If you're passionate do it.....but I can see a lot of the people reading your essay thinking that perhaps you have nothing better to write about since you spend so much of your time on games. That may or may not be true, but it can immediately pull your reader into the wrong direction, no matter how fluent or how well written your essay is. Remember, you're trying to give the colleges a reason for being on their campus. Whether it's bringing in diversity, or bringing in intellectual vitality, or whatever, colleges want to see something special that you can bring onto the campus, because ultimately, it's an investment for them. If you're talking about writing about your experience at WCG, I personally think that's great. It's awesome that you found something passionate about to write about in terms of e-sports, and I applaud your experiences. But if I was a college admissions officer, I'd take a really long pause and wonder how you'd actually bring something new to the campus. Sure you might have an experience like going to the World Cyber Games and watching it, but is it that noteworthy to write about? And if it is written, what will make it stand out amongst the experiences that other people have written about? Just sayin' | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On December 23 2010 03:18 supernovamaniac wrote: You're better off asking this on collegeconfidential forums. Last time I asked here, people told me not to do magic tricks at the interview. I did it anyways, and it ended up well. Actually, in my point of view, if you can write well do it. Remember: Why are you so unique? hmm well you asked for our opinion and i think you got responses from people who have had experiences with college interviews. you are making it sound as if you got bad responses (ones you didn't expect?) from tl.net when you clearly wanted compliments on your 'awesome' idea. idk why you discredit people on tl.net for their opinions and attempts to give you advice. (did people on collegeconfidential tell you it was a sweeeeet idea?) to OP: honestly, i wouldn't recommend it. it's an unnecessary risk in my opinion. i have worked in undergraduate admissions dept at my university, and the people i worked with would not be impressed or particularly care about things related gaming. if i were you i would try to find something else. i understand that the event meant a lot to you, but the harsh reality suggests not to do it. college admissions isn't the fittest place for e-sports. just my two cents but ultimately it's up to you. | ||
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supernovamaniac
United States3048 Posts
On December 25 2010 05:47 OneOther wrote: hmm well you asked for our opinion and i think you got responses from people who have had experiences with college interviews. you are making it sound as if you got bad responses (ones you didn't expect?) from tl.net when you clearly wanted compliments on your 'awesome' idea. idk why you discredit people on tl.net for their opinions and attempts to give you advice. (did people on collegeconfidential tell you it was a sweeeeet idea?) to OP: honestly, i wouldn't recommend it. it's an unnecessary risk in my opinion. i have worked in undergraduate admissions dept at my university, and the people i worked with would not be impressed or particularly care about things related gaming. if i were you i would try to find something else. i understand that the event meant a lot to you, but the harsh reality suggests not to do it. college admissions isn't the fittest place for e-sports. just my two cents but ultimately it's up to you. I never said that it was sweet idea, nor got good responses from the other website. But the amount of insight that I got from both websites and couple of people (counselors, alumni etc.) were very different (as well as stupid assumptions) | ||
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