APP -- favorite book, movie, recording, etc.

<p>on the part of the app that asks what is your favorite book, movie, recording, etc. are we just supposed to list or should we explain why?</p>

<p>i'm gonna give a sentence or two just to explain, but on a side note, is it okay if we took this a little less than serious? i mean would it be bad if we put 'how high' as our favorite movie, actually that would probably be good cuz it pokes fun at harvard?</p>

<p>I don't think you need to explain why. But if you really want to, go ahead.</p>

<p>It seems okay to be a little less serious as long as you think your choices reflect who you are. Although I'm not sure how much they can gather about your persona from a list of favorites, I'm glad it's there!</p>

<p>i rescind my initial answer of how high as my favorite movie, i'm sure as much as the princeton people would love the friendly competition, they drop the f-bomb so many times it's obscene</p>

<p>I put UHF as my favorite movie (because it is :) ). It's okay to show sillier aspects of your personality. Just put down what they are. I mean, you might want to omit 50 cent's P.I.M.P. but there's no need to create a new (likely boring) personality just to try to be what Princeton wants. That'll likely just cause admissions officers to scroll through the list and go "okay pretty standard". That's not the worst thing in the world, but it's not the best, either.</p>

<p>damn... i was actually gonna put wanksta* but i guess i'll have to reconsider... i don't know, sometimes it seems trite to put what you truly think, i love the brahms vc, but it might seem like i'm putting that for the sake of seeming refined?</p>

<p>what is UHF anyway?</p>

<p>wait, we need to explain what we put down on the "favorites list"? I thought we just need to put down the names. And I noticed that there is barely enough room to just put down the names on the online application</p>

<p>On Princeton's app pdf form, there is plenty of room to write, but on the common app supplement there is only a line for each item.</p>

<p>There was enough room for two or three sentences. For example, I put Coldplay's new album as my favorite recording, then talked about my experience at their concert at Tweeter this summer. If I were you, I'd put in little tidbits of information - you really have nothing to lose in this section of the app.</p>

<p>ahh let's bump this</p>

<p>and actually discuss... would it be bad if my favorite website was upenn.edu? they'd flip a ****</p>

<p>haha would it be sucking up to put <a href="http://www.princeton.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.princeton.edu&lt;/a> as your fav website?</p>

<p>UHF is Weird Al's movie. It was made about 15 years ago, and it is absolutely genius. "Celebrity mud wrestling with our special guest, Mikhail Gorbachev!" "Okay Weaver, let's play Wheel of Fish! You can either take this Western Snapper, or you can take what's in the box coming down right now! Umm, uh, uh, the box, I'll take the box! Okay, let's see what's in the box...<em>lifts lid</em> NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! YOU'RE SO STUPID!"</p>

<p>The effect is completely lost. Go rent it. Highly recommended.</p>

<p>not completely...i thoroughly enjoyed the e-reenactment ;)</p>

<p>google for the win!!! :D</p>

<p>lol i was at that coldplay concert!</p>

<p>i actually did put a classical piece as my favorite recording...hopefully they won't see me as an aristocrat-poseur-bastard. however, i didn't explain any of my choices :(</p>

<p>i put a Ben Folds' album, i didn't explain either, i wouldn't know how to explain either if i really had to. Sometimes, there is simply no reason for loving a piece of music</p>

<p>but did you explain your favorite movie, book, etc? i wonder what will happen when my adcom is just reading my laundry list of favorite things. i don't know if it'll show the same significance without some explanation</p>

<p>that would suck if they really want to see explanation about my favorites, because mine is really just a simple laundry list</p>

<p>I didn't explain, either. I don't think it's a big deal. Letting the choices speak for themselves works.</p>