Christy--November 6, 2009--College Admission Essay

The reason why I should go to Copy U

Dear Copywriting University,
Thank you for considering my application for your school. I come from a long line of writers and copiers. For generations, my family has been proud to uphold the oldest copywriting business in Northern North Dakota. My great-great-grandfather, Copernicus Wigglesmore, founded the first copywriting institute, and my second-cousin on my mother’s side is President of the National Copywriting Center for Copywriting and for Writingcopy (NCCCW).
In 1864, grandpa Wigglesmore was the first native Algonquin tribal chieftan to be accepted into the “Instituto internazional di copiowritio.” There is even a plaque that hangs in our ancestral home which is engraved with Grandpa’s slogan “Do some copying, and then do some writing.”
Grandpa is a fascinating man, his character is renowned, but his whereabouts for the majority of his life were mysterious. At the age of 17 he emerged from the Brazilian jungle, fully grown, with command of fourteen languages, and carrying a typewriter which he constructed out of palm fronds and mango seeds.
So, please let me into to Copy U, because if I don’t at least try to get in, grandpa Wigglesmore will roll over in his grave.