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[quote=Anonymous]The real problem is that something that's profound in the individual becomes cliched in the aggregate. The admissions officers' eyes glaze over as they're trying to figure out how to differentiate the kids in the wealthy suburbs of major cities with 4.0 GPAs who edit the newspaper, were an Intel semi-finalist, did a trip with their church to the third world one summer and play an instrument. I only interview a small number each year and when I go over my notes if I couldn't write the interview up the same day I find myself asking myself "which one was she again?" Professing religious faith is not a negative. Don't overthink what kind of music the admissions officer likes. Maybe some mission trip essays get in, but it's going to be because you wrote something that made the reader laugh or created a memorable image. [/quote]
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