LA Readers Resoponse 2/15/2011

The Passage on College Essays

     Initialay I thought it was pathetic that the essay should count as more than half of the percentage of getting into top colleges like harvard. Its not like your every going to write a personal essay in real life and they count almost more than the grades the students make in all their four years!!!! Then my mom and I argued over the subject and its kind of like if you had a bunch of top notch soccer players but only 20 spots, how would you choose? Well, mabye one is bratty and a ball hog, while the other is a good team player, but without tryout or info on them they would be equally good. Its like with the Essay if you have 25,000 students that are applying for Harvard and only 10,000 spots how do you choose? With an essay you can kind of see who you would want at your school or on your team.
    With that said I would also like to argue that at the highschools they should put a class that you can take to focus on Personal Narratives, mabye then you would be more prepared for that essay that decides if you get into a college or not. I see how it isn't required because you only use it once in your life, but it is still important if you want to go to a good college.