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I think the method of writing essays for any school application is stupid.  It’s a waste of effort that makes life harder for both the writer and the reader.  When someone (me) sits down to write an essay (it), the first thing I do is make an outline.  And then I slave away for hours and hours trying to convert the outline into an essay (“filling in the in between with prepositions and periods”).  Now that it’s fully 1999 characters long (because the limit is 2000 characters), I submit it to the school, who passes it down to a reader (poor guy/gal).  After skimming unsuccessfully through a pile of words, s/he probably will make an outline of my important points so it can be reviewed quickly later on.

Right.

Can’t I just turn in my outline instead?

If that were the case, then I think I’m done with all my grad school apps.  =)