<p>I know the roommate essay says to write about a "personal experience that reveals something about you," but what if I want to write something that would actually be relevant to my roommate, such as some habit of mine? Would that fail to answer the prompt?</p>
<p>sure u could write about a habit... just modify an experience so it kind of exemplifies that habit</p>
<p>I agree with Salik. Don't just write about a habit... it will not answer the question, but if you show how the habit affected a certain experience it would work.</p>
<p>I'd stick with an experience that shows that habit of yours (if you plan to share that with your roommate). Stick with the question and somehow revolve your essay around a specific experience.</p>
<p>If it's not too personal, what is the habit?
(you definitely don't have to respond)</p>
<p>I have a habit on randomly exploring things on a whim. Sometimes, for example, I might stop and look at something (like a bird) for a really long time, or, when I was much younger, I once stayed up the whole night just to see the sun rise (now I can no longer afford such a loss of sleep!). But basically, I would want my future roommates to not be alarmed or think I'm having some type of problem when that whim seizes me.</p>
<p>That I have to write about an experience, rather than many, makes this habit difficult to exemplify. I don't think I could write that much about looking at an ant hill for half an hour.</p>
<p>I don't think they'd mind if you kind of stretched the prompt. The main thing is that it says something about you.</p>
<p>Actually, you sound like a pretty cool, interesting potential roommate. And these definitely are experiences to share in your essay. </p>
<p>It sounds like you enjoy observing nature, the world around you, etc. for extended periods of time and some examples include ... </p>
<p>Try writing your essay that way. Good luck!</p>
<p>hahahaha! Asquith, would it freak you out if I do that, too?</p>
<p>"when I was much younger, I once stayed up the whole night just to see the sun rise (now I can no longer afford such a loss of sleep!)."</p>
<p>That's the experience you should write about then (revealing your habit)</p>
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Not at all, and I would love to meet you! We could exchange random observations about the world. :D</p>
<p>Thanks for everyone's input! This could be a fun essay question after all!</p>
<p>"I don't think I could write that much about looking at an ant hill for half an hour."</p>
<p>I love this. You can write a great short essay!</p>
<p>hehe i also have the habit of randomly picking things up and examining them... even dead birds ... gross i kno... one time i was waiting for a swim meet saw a dead bird and started moving it with a stick, and this girl was like ewwwwww.... </p>
<p>and i was like... i just wanted to see the wings understructure...
oh yeah and i draw birds alot too...</p>
<p>Well, what you could always do is start with a specific story, like the one of you staying up all night, then use that to talk about your general habit. Adding a little bit of narrative will make your essay richer, anyway.</p>