Literature of our lives.

-Have you ever had the thought "Who am I and what have I done..." No? is this a no? I am sorry if it is. Start thinking. College essays challenge this thought. 
-The issue: putting your life into a short story WITHOUT being expressive.
-the rules:
    -outline accomplishments
    -outline what you have learned from those accomplishments
    -list outstanding experiences in your life
    -outline how they have impacted you ONLY in a way that has made you the person you      are today and what you have LEARNED from it. 
    -and under(lets say) 500 words.
-hard guidelines? 
-Why. Why do they have us do this. They restrict us by indirectly telling us their guidelines. Guidelines are the reason to much misfortune in the world. The reason to rebel. The end to no mean. So why do we follow said guidelines on such a life breaking essay? Because THEY said so. They said so. They want to see life for us. They think their guidelines will help them relate to a transfer, undergraduate, graduate admitee . 
-Does this process work? Do they get to see all there is to see through such a short compressed, revised, reworked literature of our lives? It is not truly who we are.
-What do you think?
-Should we go against the grain? Stand out? Force them to see through our eyes?
My opinion: yes. 
-If they can not see through your eyes, than what are the actually reading? Only words...