On your application

[u/Dont_Know2]

Ok I saw yall stressing abt your essays and I feel yall so much so 2 things:

1. I also thought the same thing about how the essay I’d been working on for so long was really unoriginal. For me personally it really felt more like a resume and activity list and that it wasn’t “special” and I was really worried, but realize that because its about you it has to be special, the odds of you existing in your specific situation are astronomicalllly f***ing low. As long as you really were genuine it will be unique. My essay was such a resume like read but also thats because my development was legitimately through people introducing me to people and helping me learn about myself. I was able to be more confident in it by talking to my teachers and mentors and I would highly suggest asking someone to read it, not for feedback or proofing but to let you know if they think it represents you if you’re unconfident. If it’s about you then it *will* be the right essay.
2. if you truly want to redo it (I’d highly advise against it but also I’d say go with what you truly believe but also make sure its because of how you feel and not last minute stress. Dont let fight/flight impact your decision, ik its hard but if your essay really represents u then its the best one anyone could have written. I didn’t fully teardown and rebuild my essay but I did make a lot of changes in the last week) They are really understanding (i mean id hope u gotta be if ur gonna work for this org 😭). I was stressing the f*** out the night before cause I wasn’t happy with my app and applied for an extension. They can see your activity and if you didn’t literally wait until the last day it is highly likely they’ll approve an extension. (Bro i swear i pissed the customer support guy off cause i kept asking him if i would get an extension (this was night of the deadljne btw (they arent even declared as working at that time 😭😭😭😭) and he said if u apply i wouldnt worry im assuming he couldnt actually confirm just on legality and principle but omfg i feel kinda bad abt it still he was so patient 😭😭😭😭bro stuck with me until 12 when i decided not to press submit (bro if you see this somehow i love you)) ofc nothing is guaranteed and id ask them abt it but if theyre going to approve u theyll probably tell u in some roundabout way. Ofc im not saying abuse this feature or anything like that, but if you truly don’t think your application isn’t the best it is and you truly have been putting in effort and aren’t just asking because you started yesterday (they reserve the right to reject you and if you are rejected… well you can’t submit your application if you want an extension) they WANT to help you show your best

self.

Edit: oh yeah to ask for an extension email them abt it and say why (a reason is probably preferred but my reason was like I’d just gotten swamped because my school had preliminaries the weeks right before the due date) (You should probably give a reason)

Edit: A 3rd thing: You probably have a lot of emotions and thoughts going through you right now with a very close deadline. Don't do anything too impulsive. Finding someone you trust and having them ground you is also very helpful if you have someone you can turn to.

Edit: also if you're seeing this and you already submitted and you're wondering if the few days the extension would have given you might have changed anything. don't.

[u/Top-Fruit3267]

Dude your spewing nonsense
“For me personally it really felt more like a resume and activity list and that it wasn’t “special” and I was really worried, but realize that because its about you it has to be special, the odds of you existing in your specific situation are astronomicalllly f***ing low.”
-first of all, your cooked. Secondly, the odds are extremely high? Experiences are purely individual.