<p>Nina, I read your 500 word statement posted elsewhere on this site. You’ve had a very interesting and enriching life. Is there a way you could tighten up your essay a little bit? For example, instead of listing your varied experiences, could you compare the different educational environments in your experience and how they have helped your intellectual development, or how they have helped you appreciate different viewpoints of the same historical events, etc? And illustrate with concrete examples?</p>
<p>You have such an interesting background!</p>