One of the schools I’m applying to has an essay about diversity. Basically, they want me to describe how I would contribute to their campus diversity. I’m not exactly sure what they’re asking for though so could I get some help on clarifying the prompt? What do they want me to say exactly?
I’m Asian and I’ve lived in Texas my entire life, if that helps with anything
Bump. Also I realized while reading the prompt they’re specifically asking for diversity in terms of perspectives and experiences. I still talked about growing up in an Asian household though and how my experiences have been different than an average American family. Would this still be ok?
Yes, there is no best way to write one of these. Whatever you write, the reader wants to see some awareness and appreciation of differences. But expand it beyond being Asian.
@CheddarcheeseMN Haha of course. I mostly talked about how our eating habits are different. Do you think that’s ok?
Think about how you will change or influence the campus society. It’s really about them more than it is about you.
@shuffle1 So I guess what I have now isn’t good enough
First, drill down into exactly what kind of Asian you are.
Second, everyone is unique and everyone adds diversity. Just talk about what makes you different from everyone else.
My son too has a diversity essay on one of his apps. Since the question talks about diversity of experiences, I had suggested to him he write about growing up with a raging bipolar brother and how that affected him and how it would make him more empathetic towards other students. He is not sure about it, but the difficult experience has framed many of his choices.The good news is he came out of it a survivor and took the energy of his feelings of helplessness,anger and frustration out positively in his sport and in the process became a high-performing athlete who will play at a D1 college. A few of his possible choices are selective public universities, and the right essay and the coach’s support could make the difference in admissions. I also wondered how in depth these essays should be-gloss over the rough stuff or do admissions officers like it real?