Common App statement question

College Essays
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<p>"Describe an environment where you are perfectly content. What do you experience there & why is it meaningful to you?"
Ummm I am lost.
I don't know whether I need to relate it to my major,Or explain how it changed me.
IDK I am just confused.
I can describe it,but after that I am lost.</p>

<p>Help.</p>

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<p>It’s basically asking you to describe some kind of activity where you are “in the zone” and take how it it’s important to you.</p>

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<p>So if I say a sporting event, will that work?
Or a dance studio?
Or in front of a trivia game? (I know to pick only ONE topic.)</p>

<p>I’ll show that it helps me focus, I gain confidence, and umm
I don’t know what else
I feel so dumb right now.</p>

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<p>Start thinking about it backwards. What about you makes you a good candidate for the colleges where you are applying? What qualities of yourself do you want to describe to colleges? Make that short list and then use whatever environment you choose to write about as a foundation on which to layer those details about yourself or your experiences.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I listed some qualities and I found out that those are shown strongly when I am dancing.</p>