<p>Anyone else having trouble with this question? What is it even asking for?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Uhh, does ANYTHING matter to you? World issues? Hobbies? ANYTHING?</p>
<p>What do you mean what is it asking for? The question is self-explanatory.</p>
<p>But almost any straight forward reply would sound clich</p>
<p>I think that the most important part of the question is the “why.” As long as you can explain why what matters to you matters in a thoughtful and eloquent manner, you’ll be good!</p>
<p>This topic is so difficult to write about because it’s so open. It’s almost parallel to “Write whatever the hell you want.”</p>
<p>I’m having trouble too–
I’ve finished the others but I’ve been dodging this essay up till now: P …</p>
<p>And after randomly googling the prompt, I found out that apparently they feed this question to grad school/MBA applicants too. Interesting : )</p>
<p>[Adam</a> Markus: Graduate Admissions Guru: Stanford GSB Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?](<a href=“http://adam-markus.blogspot.com/2009/07/stanford-mba-essay-what-matters-most-to.html]Adam”>Adam Markus: Graduate Admissions Guru: Stanford GSB Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?)
There’s not much concrete advice here, but I feel as if I had more direction after reading it.</p>