As an individual who considers himself fairly good at writing, I find it difficult (especially the general prompt). Talking about one’s self isn’t easy. And I find the dynamics of the PS especially weird (i.e. it’s good to talk about overcoming hardships, but one can’t talk about hardship too much or it reflects negatively, and other similar issues).
It’s definitely not the most important part of the application, be we all still want to do the best we can.
@boxandwhiskers I think that talking about depression would be good, if you talk about how you’ve overcome it, or at least have done well in spite of it.