| | |
CC Resources for Stanford University
 | | 
11-20-2009, 08:16 PM
|
#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 26
| Short books/authors/music question
Hi everyone...I was just wondering hwo you formtatted your answer to the question asking "Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or musical artists."
Should i just do:
"books: one, two...etc
music:
authors:"
and list as such? or one big list in which there's no differentiation? sorry, i get very caught up over small things like this..
| 
| Reply
| |
11-20-2009, 09:38 PM
|
#2 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Alpha Centauri
Posts: 589
|
Yeah there really isn't a required format. Whatever format you feel is clear enough for them to understand I suppose. Good luck!
| |
| Reply
| |
11-20-2009, 09:50 PM
|
#3 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 301
|
An admissions officer told me NOT to use complete sentences for that section, just because it's easier to read. Otherwise, I don't think they care.
| |
| Reply
| |
11-20-2009, 11:20 PM
|
#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 233
|
I just listed them, and didn't really specify what type it was (especially since in some cases I liked both the book and the movie). Good luck!
| |
| Reply
| |
11-21-2009, 11:50 PM
|
#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 71
|
was anyone confused by the whole "two lines or less" thing?
they had space for 300 words...
| |
| Reply
| |
11-22-2009, 01:26 AM
|
#6 | | Member
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stanford 2014
Posts: 554
|
they basically prefer as short as humanly possible
the admissions officer i talked to said the 2 lines means they only want us to use 2 lines on the website text box (which is like 15 words/not even 1 full line on the print preview.)
| |
| Reply
| |
11-22-2009, 02:18 AM
|
#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,003
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
**** too long
Harry P and the Prisoner of Azkbn
| |
| Reply
| |
11-22-2009, 06:41 PM
|
#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 71
|
yeah i had to put "Up" as my favorite movie instead of "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"...
| |
| Reply
| |
11-22-2009, 08:42 PM
|
#9 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 732
|
^ I don't know if you're serious, but that's so funny :]
| |
| Reply
| |
11-23-2009, 05:07 PM
|
#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 71
|
haha no i actually had enough room for the name of the movie and the name of the director
| |
| Reply
| |
11-23-2009, 05:41 PM
|
#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California
Posts: 199
|
I put Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as one of my favorite movies! It's worth the wasted characters, in my opinion. :P
| |
| Reply
| |
11-23-2009, 07:13 PM
|
#12 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 301
|
I didn't put any movies down, but if I had seen Eternal Sunshine before I submitted my application, I would have squeezed it in there.
| |
| Reply
| |
11-24-2009, 02:44 AM
|
#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northern California
Posts: 166
|
I just listed the favorite stuff, but for the complete sentence answers, I tried to keep it down to two sentences, not two lines. I'm sure it doesn't matter.
Stanford Admissions Officer 1: This sfg2014 kid seems like a nice fit.
Stanford Admissions Officer 2: Yeah, that's tru......wait! He wrote over two lines! REJECT!
^This is the nightmare I will have tonight^
| |
| Reply
| |
11-24-2009, 02:23 PM
|
#14 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 71
|
"dealbreaker!" haha
| |
| Reply
| |
12-25-2009, 07:24 PM
|
#15 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1
|
i agree with sfg2014 too!
i'm scared that if i don't put a lot of details, then the admission readers might think low of me...but if i do go over the recommended 2 lines, then the admission might think i'm desperate and cannot follow directions!
><
what should i do?
| |
| Reply
| All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:36 PM. |
![bbtitle]](/images/misc/cc_logo.gif){kind=logo}
