To the college of my dreams: you said I might begin this little all-important essay with four adjectives that describe my character, or maybe with a report on how community service has shaped my ambition, perhaps with a 500-word biography of my most significant mentor. Yes, I have overcome adversity as the tone-deaf tenor in the a-capella choir. I won't tell you again about my second-place finish in the dot.com business-plan competition here at school--that went pretty well in the interview; and I won't go through what representing Nigeria at Model UN has meant to me.
Honestly it sounds like such a lot of smarmy clich?when I really want to write a love letter from my heart: I love your quadrangle, I love your colors, I love the idea of coed dorms as a place to mature, I love your letter head, I love the idea of being just as far from home as you actually are. Let's start this again. We're writing a college application essay this hour on The Connection. (Hosted by Christopher Lydon)
