[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

For college, I wrote something along the lines of... "Here's the thing. I hate writing these things and you hate reading them. So here's how this is going to work. I'm going to write a story so you can get a feel for my writing style, and if you read the entire thing I promise to keep you entertained." Then I told my favorite, never-fail, yes-this-actually-happened-to-me tale. I got called in for an interview, the guy had it on his desk. He picked it up, pointed at it, and said, "Really?" I nodded. He said, "Look, you're accepted. Again... Really?" "Yes." "Tell me everything." Good times.

Demonstrate that you are an actual person, an intelligent person, a person who's going to be successful, and you should be fine. Don't write something that's going to put whoever reads it to sleep.