<p>How "optional" is the page 217 autobiography essay?
In short, will not writing it have a negative effect on my application?</p>
<p>hmm not a negative one?
but writing it might have a positive one</p>
<p>there is NO negative affect if u dont submit it, but doing it shows u took the extra step to write an essay. i think as long as you dont write about something really bad, its a positive to submit an optional essay.</p>
<p>how someone explain what in the world is that? i don’t understand the prompt. page 217???</p>