Free College Admissions Essays: Born to Write? :: College Admissions Essays

Born to Write?   Two years ago, when I was a junior, I wrote the story It Came from Catholic School, which Ive included in my committal to written material portfolio. My friends, fellow veterans of plaid uniforms and daily masses, liked it and encouraged me to submit it when the trail magazine made its annual call for stories. They published the story and asked me to analyse from it at a reading primarily devoted to student poetry.   Well, I was pretty nervous about this. The only readings Id done before a crowd were Pauls letters to the Ephesians and the occasional Responsorial Psalm-and that wasnt my typography on the line. I grew more nervous as I sat there that night, listening to meter after poem on angst and ennui. I couldnt imagine how the students and faculty just about me, who were all listening intently with properly contorted faces, would respond to my antic little girl. But I stood up and read a passage, a little shaky at first. Then I heard laughs, whe re Id hoped I would, and also in places that surprised me. After the reading, people wanted to shake my hand. One woman thanked me for injecting a little levity into the proceedings. I felt enjoyment in my work as never before.   At that reading, I established I could write things that made people laugh-not just friends who felt obligated, solely complete strangers. I in reality liked that feeling, and its the promise of that laughter that motivates me to bear on writing. I also realized that my work wasnt frivolous, that I could influence a reader, that my characters seemed real. For the first time, I felt that I could do what I really wanted to do-write.   I look forward to progressing through a serial of intimate workshops en route to a degree at your school. The interdisciplinary nature of the program appeals to me. Although I want to concentrate on Fiction, I would like to take screenwriting electives as head. I think my humor translates well to teleplays, and I would like to explore that avenue through the comedy writing courses your school offers. I aim to develop my natural strengths-humor, voice, and dialogue, while experimenting with the genres. Because Im in the main at the mercy of my characters, I cant outline a specific writing goal.