I’ve started thinking about my boarding school essays and I’m just stuck. I have a list of anecdotes and topics I can cover with the questions they’ve given me to answer, but I don’t know which answer to pick! For example, Exeter asks, Describe a moment when you felt challenged, successful, or overwhelmed, and how you handled it." I have numerous scenarios and stories to answer the question. What story do they want to hear? Do they want to hear how I struggled with a research project? Do they want to know how I worked hard to reach certain expectations? Or how I felt racially challenged? What exactly do these boarding schools want to hear from me? Thanks guys.
They want to hear what is most uniquely YOU. Speak (write) your truth! When it’s real, and it’s personal, and heartfelt, you’ll know that it’s right. Remember, this is not about what they want to hear. This is about what makes YOU the unique person that you are. What experience can you write about that will show them who YOU really, truly are? That’s the one to go with. Good Luck, @dongding123!
Thank you for that reminder! @cameo43
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” attributed (perhaps erroneously) to Oscar Wilde.