<p>Do they prefer that I choose one of the other topics? Because I have a decent idea for #5 that I would enjoy writing about while the other topics don't inspire me as much. Anyways, with my so-so stats, I should take a risk if I want to stand out, right?</p>
<p>What do you guys think? Too risky or a good idea?</p>
<p>I think as long as 5 follows the uncommon format, it's okay.</p>
<p>What you SHOULDN'T do is take a prompt from another college's application that you really liked and use it in 5... then that just looks really cheap and defeats the purpose of the question.</p>
<p>Just be very sure of your question</p>
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<li>JBPH, I love your sn ;)</li>
<li>Are we supposed to include the actual question in our answer, or just jump straight into the essay?</li>
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<p>Definitely include the question. At the top of the essay. And I emailed the associate dean, and in his words</p>
<p>"we think option 5 is just fine. otherwise, we would not include it in our application."</p>
<p>Thanks GuitarManARS!</p>
<p>And thanks for the info. My question is not "Tell us something about yourself." It's more like #2, actually. I'm going to do #5 just because I'll do my best work that way.</p>