<p>exeter left a lot of room for creativity and expansion in their essays, which i liked. i was very creative with the "look out your window" one.. just curious how everyone else did. were you creative/formal/and of the 5 prompts, which did you use? i thought the prompts were great and i bet they will get a wide range of responses.</p>
<p>I wrote from number one and number five. They were pretty long, and my writing was terribly small, though neater than usual (I included a typed copy, which I'm sure is the only one they'll be reading :D).
Since it's past the deadline, I don't mind talking about my essays (I trust the people on here, but you never know if someone is going to be mean and ruin it for everyone :(). I wrote about numbers one and five. I think I did quite well; I was particularly happy with the latter. I wrote about the word loyal, and how much it meant to me, as a concept, a word, and some specific actions that it describes. I mentioned some about my family from it, and some of my experiances over the last few years that have 'shaped my life'. :D A little cliche, but I thought the writing was still pretty good. This essay was more formal, and I focused slightly more on having excellent writing and essay structure. The second one I liked better; I thought I got across my love of learning, and why I wanted to apply to Exeter. I loved how you could basically write about anything for five. I wrote about my honors geometry class. :D</p>
<p>anyone else? mine was in the format of a novel.</p>
<p>mine were in a formal format. but creative i used 2 and 5</p>
<p>what did you talk about? i talked about suburban expansion/stepford wives/brave new world/metaphorical/need for diversity hoo-ha..</p>
<p>Well, I am posting this here with confidence because I do not think anyone would want to copy my essays. :D</p>
<p>I answered to questions one and two. </p>
<p>For number one, I used the word "infinity". In the essay, I wrote about my "discovery" of infinity and how it eventually relates to my love for mathematics and ultimately to my pursuit of the "infinite". I wrote about how infinity changed my perspective on life and how it sparked my curiosity and "opened my eyes to the beautiful world of mathematics."</p>
<p>For question two, the one regarding windows, I answered with a bit more abstract response. I took the window essay and turned it into the story of my life, and how I, looking through the window, have observed my life unfold. I used a boy to represent me and as the observer, how I notice changes in him. Eventually, I come to the realization that this boy I am observing is me, and so I talk about these events and how they have shaped me and changed me yet in essence how I've remained the same. </p>
<p>I think they were all right. I hope. :)</p>
<p>schweetness.</p>
<p>oh wow
compared to u guys my essay totally sucked...donkeys :D
anyways i wrote about the favorite word one
my favorite word was "community" and i talked about how my middle school showed me wat a community was.
second essay: wrote about my family and the affect they have on me.</p>
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<p>I'm afraid I don't understand. :D</p>
<p>for number 2 i wrote about different terrains and surroundings... sounds a little dull right now, but it was pretty well explained in the essay.</p>
<p>number 5 i wrote about writing. figuratively.</p>
<p>"sweetness" with a lisp.</p>
<p>That's intersting, blairt, writing it in the form of a novel. I've actually been doing that for an essay for English class. I considered doing it on an admissions essay, but I'm not quite sure I'm good enough at it to write it for admissions. Good for you, though. Very creative. :)</p>
<p>I used the first and second prompts. For the window one I said something about how I couldn't see any snow on the ground (where I live that's strange at this time of year) and how we need to do something to slow down global warming. For the "favorite word" prompt I basically wrote a short narrative about the state Spelling Bee and my winning word (lackadaisical).</p>
<p>I'm not sure how good they were, but I hope that they were good enough.</p>
<p>oh...</p>
<p>umm i used the first and 5th one (but i wrote it kinda like the 4th one, but i wasnt sure so i said it was the 5th one just to be safe)
i wrote about ipseity and my choices towards realization of selfhood, it was kinda bs iguess, but ikinda liked it too. ^_^ iono, i had to write it quite fast and it was pretty unedited.
my 2nd one was very simple, i wrote about me wanting to apply last yr, struggles from that, and what ive discoverd bout myself the '2nd time around' .</p>
<p>I think I am in the same boat as 'ChaosTheory';</p>
<p>"Well, I am posting this here with confidence because I do not think anyone would want to copy my essays." </p>
<p>Compared to the other CC posters... My essays were 'different'... I had formulated generic ideas about topics; love of learning, boasting in the 'challange' question... etc... After I really thought about it however I chose to do topics #1 and #4/5. </p>
<p>The word i wrote about was 'respect' (in the context of diversity and religion) for that essay I used specific Australian examples and personal expierence. My second essay contrasted my life challanges against the homeless and their challenges. (using personal experience from community service work) </p>
<p>Some of the things people wrote about on here sound great! I am betting most of you will make it in! Good Luck everybody!</p>