<p>I am an international student from Taiwan, and I am really not sure about this statement:“Describe how you have spent your last two summers.”
I only wrote about one summer. But with the very limited words, writing about two summers will make my answer become just a description of what I have done instead of what I have been inspired during my summers.</p>
<p>Please read my answer below:
In the summer of 2005, I went to Yun-Nan, China. During my stay there, I visited the magnificent Karst topograph, danced with local ethnic minority, and experienced the exotic atmosphere in the unfamiliar China. The customs and cultures there are totally distinctive from majority China. The residents there were spiritually happy. This trip inspires me that the diversity of my culture is waiting to be explored, and that happiness is not always rooted in creature comforts.</p>
<p>Well, all they want is a description of what you did. Any inspiration should be put in the essays…here they just want to see that you didn’t sit around and drink all summer. You could definitely cut it down and make room for the second summer, because you can’t neglect to include something they specifically ask for.</p>
<p>well-written, but definitely not what they are looking for. i wouldn’t mention china because it sounds like your parents have money to take you to these places. talk about what community service you did or how you read a great book or how you practice for wrestingling.</p>
<p>I think they’ll want to know about it if you spent your summer in China, especially if it was the defining event of your summer. But what others have said is right: it’s not an essay. Just say “I went to China for reason X.”</p>