<p>Does anyone know what/how we are supposed to write Essay #2 for SFS?</p>
<p>It says: Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it.</p>
<p>Should I treat this as a mini-research paper or more as an editorial? I am a bit confused...</p>
<p>Also, when they say that the essay should be "approximately one page" does that mean double spaced or single spaced?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I did not apply to SFS; I applied to the college, but as far as length goes, I interpreted one page as single-spaced.</p>
<p>Editorial. Single Spaced. I wrote ~550 words. They say they don’t want citations, so I wouldn’t treat it as a research paper.</p>
<p>I wrote one page and an extra paragraph, single spaced. I didn’t really use citations, except for introducing who said what and when if i used a quotation.</p>
<p>They don’t want a research paper; they want to see how you think and try to understand you as a person through your ideas. Focus on the “indicate why YOU think it is important and what YOU suggest should be done to deal with it”</p>
<p>I wrote it editorial style.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wrote mine editorial style. I started with a few statistics at the beginning, but then focused on my feelings about the issue, and how I would deal with it. I really do think they want you to focus on the second part of the question (why it is important to you/what you’d do about it) rather than in depth research on the topic. Whether or not you have a sufficient knowledge on the issue will be apparent in the way you talk about it, so go with your gut!
That’s what I did, and I was accepted. Best of luck with your essay and the rest of the application process!</p>
<p>mine was one page, single spaced. I started out with background on why i was interested and what the issue was, and closed that paragraph with a sentence about my solution. I then developed the solution in detail until i ran out of room!</p>
<p>best of luck, i think its a really neat essay that teaches you a lot about what you’ll do at SFS!</p>