ok, another related topic on college application essays.

Today is weekend, and i feel lazy to work and have some time to kill.

Top schools, like top 10 schools are looking for the genius among geinus. If they are right 10% of the time, they can keep their school on top. If a kid cannot show that he/she is among the top ones within his/her group, the AO will not pick him.

For a "negative" essay, one must be very good at writing and mature enough to master it; otherwise the risk is huge. What is the criterion then? It is simple, can your article to be touching enough to let the AO cry? If not, it is not good enough. Then probably try to use a safer topic/style.

One may say that is exactly the thoughts of kids at his/her stage. Then the kid is just among the most others in the population, and is not the one those top schools are looking for. Nothing is wrong with it; it is just not the right strategy for an application essay to top schools.

My 2 cents. 

google tranate follows:

今天是周末，我觉得懒惰工作，有时间杀人。

像十大顶尖学校一样，顶尖学校正在寻找geinus的天才。如果他们在10％的时间都是正确的，他们可以保持学校的最高水平。如果一个孩子不能表明他/她是他/她组内的顶级人物，AO将不会接他。

对于一篇“负面”的文章，一个人必须非常善良和成熟才能掌握它;否则风险很大。什么是标准呢？这很简单，你的文章能够触动到足以让AO哭泣。如果没有，那就不够好了。然后可能尝试使用更安全的主题/风格。

有人可能会说这正是现阶段孩子们的想法。然后，孩子是人口中最多的人之一，而不是那些顶尖学校正在寻找的人。它没有任何问题;对于顶尖学校的申请文章而言，这不是正确的策略。

我的2美分。

所有跟帖： 

• translated in chinese at the end. -Smart- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:45:50

• 赞有心人！ -Midwestrural- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:47:28

• 觉得有点儿草木皆兵了，一篇essay而已。没看到原帖，那个孩子的目标是你说的top 10吗？ -小睿儿- ♀ (117 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:49:44

• not only on that essay, just general comments on application ess -Smart- ♂ (60 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:51:14

• 这里： -加州阳光123- ♀ (116 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:51:59

• 谢谢！这篇我看到了，觉得没啥问题，没看到说孩子在申请top 10, 水太大，没考古 -小睿儿- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:58:04

• u r right. The parent did not say that. I -Smart- ♂ (63 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 08:00:47

• 我大丫头当年申请学校的文章我读了就觉得不错，也挺感人的。 -Midwestrural- ♂ (575 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:50:52

• 悲情主义的文章 is very difficult to master. -Smart- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:51:51

• 不是悲情，那文章是angry. 完全中国思维的文章。 -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:54:53

• 对孩子没有必要过于苛求，还算是悲情吧 -study169- ♂ (59 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:59:24

• 搞不懂为什么有些小孩那么负面情绪。 -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:51:12

• that is y i said the parents have done terrible job. -Smart- ♂ (90 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:53:16

• 这种自我很难以后在多元文化中取胜。 -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:56:53

• agree. -Smart- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:57:40

• 试着翻译：十步杀一人，AO不留名。还是你厉害，我有时间也不敢杀人 LOL -Chauhan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:52:09

• I hope Google will use AI to improve -Smart- ♂ (32 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:54:10

• Google AI还没有足够好，喜欢AI的孩子还可以学 -study169- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:57:28

• 要相信自己的原创力，ingenuity 。打动自己才能打动别人。 -老学- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:53:54

• i know i am not by that article. I got worried. -Smart- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 07:55:05

• 大学申请文章，能找出自己独特的视角是最不容易的，毕竟孩子的阅历不是很丰富 -tibuko- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2018 postreply 08:48:05