<p>Hi, I'm filling out common app supplements ,need some help with a few of the short essay's as i have no idea what colleges are expecting for following questions:
-John Hopkins:
If you had only $10 (or 8 EUR, or Y1,096, or Rs 458, etc.) to plan a days adventure, where would you go, what would you do, and who would you take with you?</p>
<p>NYU:
Please tell us about something you did last Sunday afternoon (or the Sunday before that, or the Sunday before that . . . ).</p>
<p>Northwestern:
If you could hold a world record, what would it be and why?
You have just become the ruler of a country. What is the first law you enact?
You have the chance to ask one question of the creator of an original work. Who is the creator, what is the work, and
What is your question?</p>
<p>For all of these questions , I am not asking for any answers etc.. just what caracteristics are colleges expecting to see in these questions ???</p>