Prior personal experiences?

<p>"Essay 2: In an essay of about 300 words, tell us more about your professional and intellectual aspirations and prior personal experiences relevant to your choice of a specific college or academic program at the University… "</p>

<p>I have a whole bunch of aspirations, but no prior personal experiences with them. My essay is all about improving technology and things I’d like to do in the future—like better HDTVs, telescopes, computers, etc. But I have no prior personal experiences besides knowing how to program in VB, which I mostly forgot…</p>

<p>…would firmware hacking an Xbox be considered an experience?</p>