<p>I’m having a little confusion here. I know showing > telling, but for essays where it asks about intellectual interests, or similar questions wouldn’t a straightforward response be preferred? For Cornell, I showed in my first paragraph and the rest I spoke about my interests…the word limit is 250 and with telling I passed it, so by showing I’d go even further. What are you suggestions? Show or Tell for these types.</p>
<p>the cornell essays are sort of like 1. why are you interesting, and 2. why did you pick cornell, respectively. Since you only have 250 words, telling is prefferable to a point, but just saying things without any evidence is weak. You can’t go into detail on everything, but if you give 1 or 2 brief examples in each essay it will help a lot.</p>