Nov
15
I filled out four today, and there’s still blanks here and there. And I haven’t done any essays. It’s pretty suckticious.
One of the short-answer questions on the Northwestern application (who knows, worth a shot) is “Which fictional character would you choose for you college roommate and why?”
Hm. Well the obvious answers are Mason from Dead Like Me, Oliver Queen from this season of Smallville, Edward Norton from Fight Club (or any movie aside from the before of him in American History X), Mack/Dennis from Sunny, Peter on Heroes, and Jason Mraz (he’s not fictional, so what). The point is, those would be really, truthful answers. Because to be perfectly honest, I believe they are pretty damn hot.
But I have to think of something deeper, or at least less shallow. I thought of one that would be so super offensive to pretty much everyone I know, but it certainly cracked me up. I might go with Mersault in The Stranger, because that guy is HILARIOUS! Or my mother suggested Gatsby, but I liked him because he sounded pretty hot. I figure I should choose either something from a book to be intellectual sounding or something from a great movie because after all, film will be my major.
I thought about going with Superman, because if you hate him and deny me admission, you hate freedom. And no one wants to be a freedom-hater.
But then it’s like, well Clark Kent, or Superman? And really, both are kind of annoying. So I wouldn’t want to room with them.
The hardest part of this question is the “why” part. Because really, I just want a kick-ass roomate with maybe super powers. Or I’d want to live by myself, maybe get a dog, because honestly, people bug me. So maybe I should go with Buddy from Air Bud. He plays basketball, that’s cool. Or a talking dog, but I’d have to find one.
November 16th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Fictional character from film? Professor X from the X-Men movies! Why? #1, he’s in a wheelchair, so that would mean you’d be in a handicapped accesable room, which is gonna be LARGER than regular dorms, and #2, he could control the mind of the guy behind the counter at the local liquor shop and have him sell you whatever alcohol you wanted regardless of your age, and #3, he could telepathically give you all the answers to all the questions on all the tests you had to take. pull em right outta your prof’s mind and give them to you. And he could still be in the dorm room while this is going on!
Course, I’m not really sure this is what the admissions people are looking for, but I’d admit you, just for being so funny!
Any other questions you need answers to, let me know! I’m here for you, sweetie!
HUGS…
November 16th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
The best college admission essay I ever read had to answer a similar question - something along the lines of what famous character would you like to have dinner with - and the student chose Sam the Butcher from The Brady Bunch, chiefly so that he could ask Sam why he never did the honorable thing and married Alice, and also so that he could gain insight into the complexities of Sam’s “never discussed” background.
At one point the student asked, “who is this man with the cleaver?” And then progressed from there.
If you can be funny and clever, definitely pick someone from pop-culture, however (and here is my serious advice) remember that the admissions people tend to be 30 and up and they won’t get any of the jokes associated with newer shows like Smallville or any teen oriented programs that have aired in the last 5 years.
Good choice on Superman actually - you could turn the whole thing into a funny riff on choosing to live with freedom and “how could you not want to live with a man who brings his own cape to the relationship?” etc. etc.
Go with FUNNY. 90% of students are going to give boring answers like Abraham Lincoln. Don’t be that student. Good luck!
November 16th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
It’s all about Richie Rich. That guy would probably pay for your college education and all of the beer you can drink.
November 17th, 2006 at 6:00 am
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