<p>The directions said use it as a "starting point" for # 4. I don't know how to interpret that. My quote is kind of just pasted onto the top of my essay. It fits with the essay, but I didn't write anything specifically ABOUT the quote. Anyone else do the same? Is this wrong?</p>
<p>I did that. I don’t think you really need to analyze it, as long as it ties in with your essays overall message.</p>
<p>no, analyzation is not need
just connect it to the message of your essay</p>
<p>I just took one of my other college essays and slapped a quote at the top.</p>
<p>Analyzing or not is fine, as long as its relevant, and the essay is good :)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Glad to know I did it right. Happy New Year!</p>
<p>When I applied successfully a few years ago, I analyzed the crap out of the quote. And so did all the students I met at the Admit Weekend (yes, one of the major topics of conversation was college essays). I’m pretty sure I never met a single accepted student who didn’t follow the directions and didn’t analyze the quote…</p>
<p>@newest newb</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s what the direction said.</p>
<p>^^the point of the essay is not to analyze.
you did it right, Happy new year to you as well</p>
<p>I spent a sentence or two in the closer just wrapping up my anecdote/experience with the quote. That’s how I read the directions; that we were -supposed- to include something about what the quote meant to us and how it fit in with the rest of the essay.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who use prompt #1? xD</p>
<p>I think they order the choices based on how many kids do it, with the “choose your own” last for obvious reasons, so many people probably did prompt 1 :p.</p>
<p>It’s really just how you interpreted their question, and thats what they want to see. How we deal with it shows a bit about us too, all the more information for them to use.</p>
<p>I just made sure the quote related to the general content of my essay. Other than that I didn’t refer to it at all. O.o</p>
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<p>I did prompt #1!</p>
<p>Anyone do the Wilson one???</p>
<p>Quote:
Am I the only one who use prompt #1? xD
I did prompt #1!</p>
<p>me tooo!</p>
<p>Harvard/Yale essay + random quote = Princeton essay lol.</p>
<p>@NewAccount</p>
<p>Exactly.</p>
<p>^Same here. lol</p>
<p>@quomodo.</p>
<p>Yes, I used that quote too although like most people on this thread, l didn’t specifically analyze it; I just connected it to one of my experiences. I mean, the quote is relatively straightforward and there is not much to really analyze.</p>