<p>So I finished my essay but I'm still not so sure about the prompt. It first tells me to write what my idea of the good life is but then it asks how uf can help me achieve it. In my essay, I focused more on my perception of the good life and how it correlates with my interests and experiences. I only mentioned how UF can help me in like a few sentences but I've already reached my word limit. Is it fine as it is or can I just leave out how UF can help me or should I add more focus on it? I really want to write more for this essay but 500 words is not enough for me. :-/
Thanks in advanced for your input.</p>
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<em>High fives your hand</em>
I encountered the exact same problem as you. Seriously, that’s my only woe in my entire essay. I wrote how I thought of the good life, and only at the end I mentioned that UF would guide me through it. I didn’t mention how.
By the way, I “stepped over” the 500-word limit. I asked the admissions department and they said it wasn’t a problem as long as it fits into the word box, but that’s just our little secret.</p>
<p>Heck, it’s a university, of course it’s going to be an active role in our lives, it goes without saying! I focused on what my perspective of the good life was and how it changed over time and I believe I did that quite well for the most part. Hopefully it won’t be our downfall, eh? Let’s cheer to that. Cheers.
And good luck!</p>
<p>If any school will achieve your goals, why do you need UF? I’d edit and put a bit more focus on the why.</p>
<p>Alright, total update. My essay went through a complete overhaul and a subsequent CollegeBoard-intervention. Due to the very insightful comments of some posters here, I improved and cleaned up my essay substantially. I’ll paste what I put on another thread a few minutes ago, about the structure of my new essay, which I’ve already submitted.</p>
<p>" 1st Paragraph: Here I started the introduction with a vivid account of an experience of mine (an experience in which I revolve the notion of the good life.). I end the first paragraph with a somewhat… allegorical metaphor which I touch upon ever-so gently in the upcoming paragraphs.</p>
<p>2nd Paragraph: I gave some background information of myself, and wrote the framework for the main idea I hinted in the first paragraph. I also state my premature and naive view of the good life. At the end I began to erect that main idea.</p>
<p>3rd Paragraph: Here I dove right into that main idea, stating how it affected me and how I grew up from it. I also put what I learned from it and rhetorically asked myself if I had found the good life. Just for some pizzazz I tie it in with the little allegory I mention in the 1st.</p>
<p>4th Paragraph: In this paragraph I finally answer the question, “What is your notion of the good life?” by describing a discovery I had of the TRUE meaning of the good life, having in mind the events of the previous paragraphs.</p>
<p>5th Paragraph: In the final paragraph I answer the question, “How will your undergraduate experience at UF prepare you for the good life?” and wrap up my essay by touching one more time on that simple yet effective metaphor. I end it with a humble outlook to my future and a grateful tone for the opportunity to be a student at UF.
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