Personally, I tried writing mine with essentially an intro/thesis, then three separate experiences related to that thesis, then a conclusion. However, this seems crowded and unfocused. Should I limit myself to one experience in the essay or try to tie them together better in some way?
I was under the impression that this was supposed to sort of document your life up to now?...I thought the other two were where you could go into two specific experiences.
The prompt asks you to describe factors and challenges that influenced your life, so I assume that it's asking for specific events? Seriously, the prompts are so open ended that you could write about whatever you want.
I think it is open to whatever you want as well. My D wrote about a specific event in elementary school, how it shaped her and gave her drive. But I agree with gadgor, either approach would be fine.
