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"I am addicted to music" - Application Essay to University of Michigan



master yumyums 1 / 1  
Sep 20, 2010   #1
Prompt: Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (about 250 words)

My name is <CENSORED>, and I am addicted to music. While it may be cheesy, it's kind of sad in the amount of truth is holds. Just about everyone who I spend my time with is into music in some way, shape, or form. You can already see how involved I am in the school's band program through the rest of my application. On a less formal scale, however, I've been spending a lot of time with a rock band, AriDew. While you may not choose to define this as a "community", it might as well be for me, I've spent so much of my time with them. Three of my closest friends are in it, two of which I've met through the school's band program. They keep me busy, playing bass, saxophone, and keyboards, providing backing vocals, and writing much of our material. The funny thing about it is that despite all of the time I've sunk into it, we haven't really done anything. We played at one small GAP concert, and have no plans to release a CD or anything of the sort. Which leads me to the point; I make music for the sake of making music, not for money or recognition. I mostly just enjoy our jam sessions, the feeling you get after playing something really special, or when someone else tells you how cool that one part was. Which is really the point of making music, isn't it?

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I have no idea if this is good or not. Feel free to criticize, just be constructive about it.

askelan 1 / 3  
Sep 20, 2010   #2
"While it may be cheesy, it's kind of sad in the amount of truth is holds" - rephrase

Try focusing on "describing" your place within it. You have an excellent essay it just needs a bit of more description. The reader should feel he/she knows you more after reading your article.

Good luck
mylittlegoni 3 / 11  
Sep 23, 2010   #3
" My name is <CENSORED>, and I am addicted to music."

Just about everyone who I spend my time with is into music in some way
it wouldn't hurt to rephrase this

The funny thing about it is that despite all of the time I've sunk into it, we haven't really done anything.
anything? can you be more specific?
change that to something saying that you haven't been able to perform much, the sentence as it is right now is a bit unclear


I make music for the sake of making music, not for money or recognition. <- great, show true passion; wonderful sentence

when someone else tells you how cool that one part was

well, i hope this helps,
Good Luck
EF_Kevin 8 / 13053  
Sep 23, 2010   #4
You need a conjunction in this sentence, like "because."
While you may not choose to define this as a "community", it might as well be for me, because I've spent so much of my time with them.

This is a sentence fragment:
Which is really the point of making music, isn't it?
Connect it to the previous sentence with a dash:
that one part was -- which is ....

This needs to be an essay about the community and your place within it.
My name is <CENSORED>, and I am addicted to music. While it may be cheesy, it's kind of sad in the amount of truth is holds. Just about everyone ... scale, however, I've been spending a lot of time with a rock band, AriDew. ------------Begin with this sentence, and then describe the community. Then, describe how you fit into it. Be specific!
alyssamarie 2 / 2  
Oct 10, 2010   #5
I would definitely say it needs more of a conclusion. I really like what you're writing about though. I'm always responding to this prompt in a similar way. It seems very real and truthful to me and that's what colleges look for in these essays. Good luck!
Orca29 1 / 3  
Nov 1, 2010   #6
Hey Im having the same essay problem. Your essay has a lot of voice, but I strongly suggest describing more about the reason you started the rock band perhaps, and also take the advices from the editors.

Good Luck!


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