<p>Hello friends.
I am hoping to apply to a small, academically driven LAC (Dickinson, Swarthmore, Kenyon, ect.)
All of the essays seem to have the same question (what can you bring to this school/what do you want from this school).
In answering this question, should I use specifics? (ie: talk about specific opportunities available at each college that interest me) When I wrote the essays the first time, I was a little more general and instead of talking about the specifics of each college, I used the opportunity to make myself sound more interesting. I was wondering if this would be good or bad for my chances of getting in.
Thank you so much!!</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, there was just a thread that mentioned something similar to the topic. Yes, they do oftentimes want to hear more about you in the answers (as opposed to just the college itself) and connect it to the college. But you don’t want it to make it sound general enough that it could apply to any college. (For instance, don’t be cliche and say it feels like “home”) be a little more creative than that. I took both routes. For instance, for William and Mary, I mentioned how they had their own undergraduate research journal that students could publish in! I referenced a particular journal that I thought was really inspiring and that I had a personal connection to. Therefore, I was able to talk about something really specific that not many people even know about, yet connect it to myself because it was a topic that was very important to me and what I did in high school. Good luck!</p>
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<p>Thank you so much, that really helped!!!</p>
<p>“In answering this question, should I use specifics? (ie: talk about specific opportunities available at each college that interest me)”</p>
<p>Yes. But don’t just list characteristics of the school – after all, they already know what their own school is like. Help them understand why those characteristics/opportunities are appealing to you, how they relate to your interests, and how you and the school would be mutually beneficial to each other. </p>