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Old 12-31-2008, 10:02 PM   #1
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What exactly did you guys write for the supplemental essay?

Any suggestions, guys?
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Old 01-26-2009, 12:30 PM   #2
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My S didn't apply to Williams and the only reason he didn't is because of the supplemental essay. He thought its focus was on the external and not on the internal. I thought that would actually make a great essay, but his thinking was that if the essay question focused on the external, would the school focus on something different in practice?

I couldn't argue and we moved on.

Although I fully admit he may just not have wanted to write an additional essay!
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Old 01-26-2009, 05:54 PM   #3
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Suggestions? Haven't you already sent it in?
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Old 01-26-2009, 06:13 PM   #4
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This thread was started on 12/31 so I assume the OP was inspired at some point that day, but it is still a valid question. And I think it's interesting to see how these things are approached. Unless this was the same question as last year, they typically change every year and, especially at this point, there is no risk that someone will snipe your idea.
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Old 01-26-2009, 06:21 PM   #5
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Oh, yeah, I didn't check that. I just saw it was at the top of the posts so I assumed it was new. XD

I guess that means this thread is dead, but I'm curious what other people did...

I wrote about looking out the car window. My family moves around/travels frequently, and I spend A LOT of time in the car.
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Old 01-26-2009, 08:48 PM   #6
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I think this is the first year Williams has had a supplemental essay in many years (going back to the "describe an experience that helped you define or discern a value that you hold" prompt that I answered).
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Old 01-31-2009, 11:39 AM   #7
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Modadunn, did you son ever visit Williams or talk to any of the coaches there?
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Old 03-01-2009, 10:28 AM   #8
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Bump! I like this thread.

My friend did the car window too, which I'm assuming is pretty popular.

I did looking out of the windows of the guard office at my pool. I knew immediately that was what I wanted to write about, but it was too hard to convey in just 300 words, and it turned out really badly in my opinion, but I guess not too badly since I still got in!
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Old 03-01-2009, 12:19 PM   #9
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I wrote about looking out the plane window on my way to France last year. I think it turned out pretty well...
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Old 03-01-2009, 01:41 PM   #10
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Hmm, my essay wasn't really looking through a window... it was about a scene from a typical Russian dinner party that I've been a part of since (pretty much) birth.
Nothing about windows though... it was answered more the part of the question of what the scene is and what it means to you as a person.
And I didn't get an Early Write so I'm thinking... rejection, this kid can't even follow directions!
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Old 03-01-2009, 02:56 PM   #11
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^ That's what I did, too. It seemed pretty clear from the question that the window wasn't meant to be a real window, unless you wanted it to be. I got in ED, so there's not penalty there.
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Old 03-01-2009, 04:57 PM   #12
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mmm. I didn't mention a window at all. >_>

I talked about how the playground taught me many more things than just how to build a superior sand castle.

I thought it was totally a piece of crap/one of the worse essays I've ever written, but I guess it was okay because I was accepted. No surprise that I was shocked as shocked could be. >_>
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Old 03-01-2009, 06:08 PM   #13
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addendum: (since I totally missed the editing window)

ChandlerBing, are you Russian? Because that is totally kicka$$. I'm trying to learn Russian but my school doesn't offer it.
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Old 03-01-2009, 08:12 PM   #14
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limetime: Yep! I am, haha, otherwise having Russian dinner parties would be a little strange/random.
Yeah my school stopped offering Russian a while ago, to the chagrin of many kids. Russian is a hard language grammatically though, I make some mistakes when I speak because it's not my native tongue per se, and because I never learned grammar by the rules: it just comes out.
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Old 03-01-2009, 08:32 PM   #15
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I wrote about a somewhat traumatic incident from my childhood & how it influenced me today. idk the question asked to reflect on a scene that meant something to you (from what I recall), and for whatever reason that was the first thing that popped into my mind, so i went with it.
i bet they get all sorts of answers on this one, i felt it was sort of open-ended - they wanted to see where you would go with it.
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