Would someone with a writer’s sensibility state the obvious? Then why do so many applicants begin their essays: I have known since the second grade what I wanted to be: a writer. Or: I want to write because when I was a kid, I was lonely, I was an outcast, and the only thing that saved me was reading books. Or: I loved to read Harry Potter and think it would be neat to be the next J.K. Rowling.
