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@EagerestBeaver touches on this, but splitters especially may come down to the other factors on the application. Work history, essays, diversity factors, ect. will matter a lot more for splitters.
Something that surprises me a little is that some of these essays, like the turtle one, is really well written (in my opinion) whereas other essays have a lot of passive-voice (had done, was done) and were not really captivating or compelling.