So I am very much confused by the following wake forest supplemental essay prompt.
There is a nationwide dialogue about cross-cultural interactions. Like most college campuses, Wake Forest is currently in a place of conversation about what it means to engage across difference. As a country, why do you think we have reached this point? (75 - 150 words)
When it says: As a country why do you think we have reached this point, what point is it talking about? It’s so vague. Is it asking why we think the nation has reached the point where wake forest is currently in a place of conversation etc… or is it asking why we have reached the point where the nation is discussing cross cultural interactions??? Or neither, I really don’t understand this question.
Though an alumnus now, I told them the same thing in an email when informing them of a typo. It’s a vague and poorly written question, and I rewrote it for them. They corrected the typo. If a friend asked me a question like that I’d just say, “Because of our disastrous immigration and open borders policy.” But knowing the admissions committee as I do they’re probably looking for something more cosmopolitan-- “As our country grows increasingly diverse and global…” and so forth. But whatever you write, don’t let a vague and confusing prompt prompt you to be confused and vague. Or as Kipling kinda put it, “If you can keep you head/ When we are losing ours/ Then welcome to Admissions/ What’s more—we need your help.”