Is it a really bad idea to change tenses in the middle of a college app essay?
The prompt: If you had 5,000 dollars to create a nonprofit or business, what would you do?
My first few sentences are in the conditional, then I changed to present, immersing the reader in the business I created. I wrote the essay as if my business had been created. The last 3 sentences are in the past.
Really bad idea, incredibly confusing, or does it show my passion and make it unique?
could i submit it as is and explain the change in tense in my personal statement?
I really don't want to change the present into the conditional-- I feel like that would change the entire character of the essay.
This is for Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, if it makes a difference at all.