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Posts by Llamapoop123
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Llamapoop123   
Sep 19, 2009
Essays / Philisophical Essay Topic? Would it be appropriate? [8]

A friend asked me if it is appropriate for a college essay to discuss philisophical ideas in depth. I don't really know what kind of concepts he wants to choose but he thinks that this type of essay would be reasonable for a university like Chicago. I'm afraid that this essay would be too impersonal but on the other hand, it would portray him as a deep thinker. I thought that there would also be risks involved if admissions did not like his particular brand of thought. I can't really understand some of the complex stuff that he conjures up but I think that Chicago admissions would understand. What do you guys think?

Edit: I know that I'm being quite broad but I don't have much more info on what he wants to write. I'm asking this question also because I may write something along these lines.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / My SCARS and my MISTAKES; Common App [34]

my concept of life begs to differ the conventional idea that mistakes should be forgotten.

^Since when was forgetting mistakes conventional?

You get hurt and then you heal and then you get hurt in new ways. Your essay doesn't show that you're a good candidate at all. Most people learn from mistakes conciously or unconciously. All of your mistakes are physical ones...what do you expect the college to think? Oh this candidate is less likely to die on campus cause she's had all this experience carved on her skin...

I do not see the connection between learning from your physical faults and your other faults. How would the scars on your body teach you anything other than to not climb the next fence or to not anger your neighbor's dog?
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / "Bump in the road" - unexpected, tragic [14]

His death has made me realize that I can never take anyone I love for granted.

^Expand on this. Otherwise your essay has no purpose.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / Common App - Influential Person (my dad) [3]

At the age of 6 he was arrested for smuggling in illegal substances from the Dominican Republic.

^That's a pretty young smuggler.

You need to change the angle of your essay. Right now your essay basically tells me that you aren't going to become a drunk smuggler like your father was. That's not saying much for someone who is applying to college.

He apologized for not being there but he told me he now saw a man who had his eyes set on the future and wouldn't fall to the world's hardships.

^Confusing.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / My SCARS and my MISTAKES; Common App [34]

and it's not like i cut myself.. scars dont necessarily mean they were intentional.

^I never said that they were...

i have medical problem that makes my skin NOT heal if that makes sense... and i'm not saying my mistakes were physical.

^Yes I understand your medical problem.

i was just trying to make a correlation between mistakes in life and my medical problem. i guess i wasn't clear about it enough.

^No i get it now. In that case you should listen to cybertron.

Sorry for misunderstanding. :]
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

I don't know if this topic will be good enough. It's fairly standard and cliche. If the whole point is overcoming yourself and finally asking for help then I would emphasize it more.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

The whole point was that I've always been a great student, keeping school as my number one priority.I've always worked hard and have always acheived really good grades, so calculus was the first time I worked hard and wasn't getting good results. How can I bring this out through my essay?

^We understand but this is still very very plain. The fact that you take this so seriously can also show that you are an inflexible person. Asking for help is something that should be common amongst high school students so your inability to ask for help until your grade dropped all the way to a F can be interpreted as blind arrogance.

I'm sorry but my creativity is limited. Maybe the others can offer suggestions on how to modify your piece.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

The admissions officers aren't going to know anything about if it really affects you or not.
And no problem =]

^Well...if you're a good lier. It kind of sounds crude to exaggerate or lie about the implications of divorce.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

And by the way Llamapoop123, I most likely won't be doing that.

^Yep. It would be pretty illogical to joke around and exaggerate with the topic of divorce.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

^It seems like you really want to keep this essay. I don't believe that it could become a strong essay. The topic limits it a lot. I urge you to think of something else.

If you do not want to change your topic you can wait for others to give you suggestions because I can not think of anything right now to make your essay strong.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / "I'm like a lot of things" - Is this good? UCF/Tufts [6]

The lack of in depth examples could be excused if your writing was lively but it isn't. Finding something to compare yourself to is not very creative. It can become creative if you displayed more deep thought.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / "difficult situations to test" - Vires, Artes, Mores, FSU addmission essay [11]

Describe how one or more of the values embodied in these concepts are reflected in your life.

^This experience shows your vires without the first paragraph. You don't need to write a paragraph about strength in order for your essay to be topical. The first paragraph is a huge setback for this essay.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / "difficult situations to test" - Vires, Artes, Mores, FSU addmission essay [11]

okay so after i take out the first paragraph should i expand on this idea or add another incidence?

^Don't do it!!! lol
You have an excellent (excellent as in interesting) topic to expand on. Tell us about how you came to understand your mother's choices.

Tell us about the strength it took to piece back your family.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 20, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF Undergrad Essay on obstacle--how is my essay? [30]

uhhh I didn't mean to lie or joke about divorce. I only meant that you can exaggerate how it affected you. In my instance, I'm glad my parents are divorced b/c they are happier that way. So instead I wrote about the lack of stability.

^I wasn't talking about your case. I'm just saying that if divorce did not affect the writer then writing about how it did affect them would be illogical.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 22, 2009
Writing Feedback / GOOD AND BAD OF MULTICULTURL SOCIETY. DISCUSS [4]

In the past moving from one city to another city take days

^Moving does take days a lot of the time. You can't just move your body to another city and call it done.

The U.k. people contributes in the development of education where mostly highly qualified British people are working in topmost universities like Harvard and Oxford. Today they are recognised as best universities.African immigrants help in labour work in factories and industries in America.

^This is very stereotypical and naive. You can't just say that Brtish people work as respected professors whereas African Americans work as grunt workers.

In America, the Chinese people had made their own society and group where they don't allow their children to interact with Americans.The business people keep employees of their own country and sometimes they are fighting with other people on very small issues.

^Sounds like your saying...oh well english, african american, and indian people all contribute whereas Chinese people are unproductive introverts. Since when did Chinese people in general not allow their kids to interact with Americans?

You come off as really narrowminded and deluded in this essay. Revise please.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 22, 2009
Undergraduate / Evaluating the same essay? Common App Transfer Essay Inquiry. [6]

They will be able to see your essay on this website if they actually take the time to look for it online. They don't evaluate it here on this site if that's what you're asking...they review the essay that you send to them.

I don't understadn your second question. You may include the university's name on your essay.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 25, 2009
Undergraduate / Cooking, for me, is like art. Common App Short Answer [4]

I don't know about this essay. I'm not sure if admissions would like an abstract view of cooking instead of a straightforward approach since it seems that they really just want to know about your activity.

a hook for the begining!

^I think that it has a very nice hook.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 25, 2009
Undergraduate / "The Luger" - Stanford Common Application essay! [10]

Risky? yes, i know it is but its what i want to do and im not going to tell someone other wise, i tried to emphasize in the last paragraph how im not interested in the killing aspect

^Why would changing subjects mean that you would have to tell someone otherwise? The last paragraph disturbs the flow of the essay.

The first paragraph alone is questionable. It is hard to rid oneself of the negative connotations of a gun while you are describing it as an extension of your arm. I wouldn't talk about the "victim" aspect of the gun either.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 26, 2009
Undergraduate / UCF ESSAY - COMING TO AMERICA; family history, culture and environment [10]

As I got off the airplane I realized what I was getting into, the people around me were speaking a language that I did not understand.

^I think that you knew that ppl where going to speak a language that you did not understand a long time before you got off the plane.

I did not belong in Venezuela because I wasn't there.

^Interesting logic.

Once you are out of your country of origin you become a person of the world rather an inhabitant from just one place. You see situations and circumstances with a different perspective while still attaining wisdom difficult to understand at my age. You become one that immigrates and you stop being part of a single culture, you become an open book and you let people color your pages, you become a mixture of folklore and cultures.

^Why do you use you you you you you instead of I I I I I.
Llamapoop123   
Sep 27, 2009
Undergraduate / 'many influential figures' - who has made an impact on your life (My Father) [11]

There is always that certain someone who makes a profound impact on an individual's life. This person is the one that will strongly encourage you to make the right choice on the many difficult decisions you will have to confront.

^Generic and unnecessary.

Writing about suicide is not a good idea for an admissions essay.

^I'm confused...I can't see how this essay is about suicide.

I imagine that your essay will be completely different once you implement noto's advice. Why don't you go ahead and do that and repost for further feedback?
Llamapoop123   
Sep 27, 2009
Undergraduate / 'Spanish for Native Speakers class' - Umich admission essay cultural difference [4]

For example beans are called frijoles in Mexico, gandules in Puerto Rico, and abichuelas in Peru.

^This doesn't really show how different each culture is.

I believe that your essay would be stronger if you showed more in depth examples of how your stereotypes were broken since the lone fact that different countries had different names for foods doesn't seem like enough.

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