<p>Here’s the prompt: You are about to write your future college roommate a letter. Please provide the roommate with a personal story that will give him/her some insight into your personality.</p>
<p>I thought it would be good to write about my sister, with whom I’ve shared a room my entire life. I wanted to tell the story about how we were best friends as children, grew apart as we grew older because we became so different, and then I was going to explain how I eventually learned to accept, learn from and appreciate our differences. I want to keep with the roommate theme by expressing to the admissions committee my open mindedness, as well as my deeply seeded care and respect for those around me.</p>
<p>No, that sounds great! Its everything but typical. You should have a nice, well rounded essay. Good luck!</p>
<p>Feel free, if you can make your point in 250 words. Make sure it reads as a letter to the roommate, not just as an essay about yourself. I wouldn’t exactly call it cliche. It’s probably a common theme, but if you write well, I’m sure you can make that story unique and quirky.</p>
<p>Thanks, Tabby and Pancaked, for your input!</p>
<p>Is this for Stanford?</p>
<p>No, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, though I know Stanford proposes a similar prompt.</p>
<p>“Its not the topic that makes clique, its the way you write it.”
But to answer your question—no!
Just my two cents…</p>
<p>i think it’s really good!</p>