This is one of the first things I address in my book , because I ' ve seen gimmicks go wrong so many times . If you ' re an excellent writer , go for it . My own college essay was a gimmick . I wrote about the actual process of writing my college essay and it was very creative and outofthebox . But I ' ve been writing since before I could actually write parents wrote down my stories for me when I was a toddler , I looked forward to every essay I had to do for school , and I now get paid to write . Does this sound like you ? If not , either don ' t do it , or get a professional to sign off on it to make sure it works NOT your friend or a random person online who offers to read your essay . Good luck ! <| sep |> What does chemistry mean to you ? And will you have that Long Distance ?