Finding comedy in tragedy: humor in the college personal statement

Have you ever read a college essay in the form of a breakup letter?
Students will write about the wackiest things in their essay, and as long as it displays the critical core values admissions officers need to really understand the student, it can work! By opting for unique, novel, and deeply vulnerable topics to write about, high school students can stand out, combatting any stereotypes about what the "typical" computer science applicant might write their essay about.
In this episode of the College Essay Scoop, we analyze an essay that is surprising and unexpected, and might leave you a little hungry. Bon appetit!
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0:00 - 1:30 - Introduction
1:30 - 2:45 Finding humour in challenges
2:45 - 4:13 selecting an essay topic
4:13 - 11:10 Essay excerpt and analysis
11:10 - 14:00 Displaying human emotion in essays
14:00 - 15:20 7 deadly sins
15:20 - 18:25 creativity exercises
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16:27 It's a pencil hahaha