<p>Really curious...I don't think I could write a good essay with the topics available to me, but I have a good scene swimming through my head for a short story on one of the topics. </p>
<p>If it helps, this is the prompt...
"What do you think is the greatest challenge the world will face in your generation?" with a bit more attached. </p>
<p>Please respond-essay due soon!</p>
<p>bumping :)</p>
<p>Sure, just write it so it fits your theme. i.e. one of my colleges asked me to describe an intellectual experience and I just took my track essay and rewrote the conclusion stating that running track cleared my mind and prepared me for more obstacles ahead.</p>
<p>Well...it wouldn't be a first person narrative though, and it wouldn't be about me. It would just be exploring the theme via short story. I've written personal short stories ending with a personal summary, but, being a third person short story, this would have to end like any other short story. That's why it seems like a different situation to me.</p>
<p>bump again...still unsure</p>
<p>Hm I wrote a short (250 word) passage about my interest in writing, and why it is significant to me, then put in a poem I wrote. But I wouldn't be able to tell you if it worked until april 1st =P But my guidance counsellor told me about someone who wrote a short story, well a vignette, but infused a lot of her ideals and moral outlook into it, and that worked really well. I think she got into Yale with it. So yeah, I think it would work, just make sure it tells something about yourself. Personally I feel it's a bit of a gamble. If you pull it off it'll be really memorable.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input :D I think I might go for it...I'm going to sleep on it and see if a better idea comes along. Otherwise, I'll just try to twist the story to a first person perspective and moralize it</p>
<p>Do your best to answer the question that is being asked. Don't make any assumptions when it comes to completing admission applications, just provide the information that is being required.</p>
<p>I have many years of admission experience, and have also helped design admission applications, every question asked has an intended purpose otherwise they wouldn't have asked. If you decide not to answer the question directly you may run the risk of sending the message that you don't know how to follow instructions, and that doesn't sit well with those who are trying to decide if they should admit you to their school.</p>
<p>As long as the story really addresses the prompt. I can't really speak from experience, but I always thought that creativity was a plus when it came to essays. </p>
<p>You could always try to write an essay (despite how you think it will turn out). Compare it with your short story or try to infuse elements of one into the other (if that makes any sense). It took me 2 weeks to write out a rough draft of an essay for an Honors program application. I thought the essay would be bad because I didn't think I was fully expressing myself. But by teh final draft, it worked out.</p>