@DW2
"it doesn't move the ovaries of the people who read admissions essays" is probably the most accurate thing I've read this week, and the biggest issue with The System.
Also, I've seen cases in my country where to apply to an IT University you need to write an essay... When the IT field is literally dominated by borderline autists, the last thing you want as a qualifying metric is to have them write essays.
I always lied through my teeth while doing them, when i joined university i swear i went so over the top the evaluator thought i was a nigger and gave me a 8/10 despite my terrible misspelled writing 😂