Your grades are fantastic and your resume has both substance and swagger. The bad news? Interviewing you is like watching paint dry in slow motion. 

Or maybe your essay is so bad that it defies reason. 

If so, you should totes check out our Essay Lab and acquire some social skills already. Because colleges are looking to create a student body that is passionate and full of personality (source). 

On that note, as much as you love that story about your pet spider's first molting, perhaps there's something more interesting that you might share about yourself?