Hey guys,
I’m currently in the process of writing/polishing my essays for MIT. The “Describe your world” essay, however, is giving me a quite of trouble. It seems most people are writing about their family, jobs, school, etc. Would it be appropriate if I wrote about growing up in the Star Trek world. My parents are both from Taiwan. When they were in high school and college, they watched a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Thus, when they came to the United States and had me, my childhood consisted of a lot of Star Trek and has had quite an influence on me. Would writing about the Star Trek “world” fit the prompt?
These prompts are for admissions to get to know you better. If this is an important part of who you are then I think it’s completely appropriate.
I think that would fit the prompt. The prompt also asks “How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations?”, so if you can answer that question, I think you’re fine.
I think that’s pretty awesome! I wrote about how loving Peter Pan as a child fostering my love of the sky (and thus the stars). Doesn’t sound amazing, but I felt like I really imbued it with a lot of emotion and personality. We’ll see come Wednesday… Still, I feel like that would fit. However, you would have to connect it to the “dreams and aspirations” section of your prompt, as HestiaX said. Star Trek and STEM in mind… I think it’s a great idea, so long as you execute it correctly.
Go for it. If it is well written, that could be a unique essay that sets you apart from the tons of people talking about their family and their school.
I think it could be great but I disagree with @ReckoSkirata about directly tying it to STEM. I think subtle is better. You want to come across as an interesting person in these essays and it should be clear both from other essays and your classes and activities that you are into STEM.
I never said anything about directly tying it to STEM (I merely meant that Star Trek is innately tied to STEM)… too direct and it sounds like a resume report. But yes, subtle is better.