Question on the “ethical dilemma/something important” essay

kairoo
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:43:13 +0000

Hello,

I have written all of my essays for MIT, but I did not yet send them. My “ethical dilemma” essay was on a felony my classmates were going to make (that is, stealing an exam), and in which they wanted me to get involved; I reasoned them. Yet, last week, my grand-father died, and it radically changed how I behave: I was going to see him in the night, and my father was going to see him a few hours before. He asked me if I wanted to go earlier, and I refused. He died during the afternoon.

I believe it is very important to address this in my application, and I found this prompt to be the most suited one (“something that didn’t go according to plan”), yet it is still not exactly the right subject.

Should I replace the essay?