<p>They have a thread like this for the regular college discussion, so I thought I'd post one for us. What were your favourite essay topics? Mine was Andover's where you chose three figures from history of literature as your dormmates and explained why, though I really liked how St. Mark's had an empty box that you could fill with whatever you wanted.</p>
<p>Kitty - Upon keen observation and the gathering of evidence, I have come to the conclusion that you are from England. Am I correct?</p>
<p>My favorite essay topic is an open-ended essay; Exeter's #5. It really allows some room for creativity. :)
I believe this is also Deerfield's essay topic.
I also enjoyed Hotchkiss' short answer questions and one-word questions.
I will soon enjoy Andover's short answer and essay topics. Soon. :D</p>
<p>I loved choate's short questions. so creative and it was such a challenge to limit it down to 500 characters</p>
<p>I liked the Andover one too, I got to write a lot about myself and what kind of person I was</p>
<p>I am partly from England, but I was not born there. Quite a few people have thought that, though. I just think that favourite should be spelled with a 'u'. :D</p>
<p>how were andover's topics interesting/let you explain who you are? i personally remember them being very limiting.. maybe i missed something?</p>
<p>i kinda spent some time to pick the three people who had traits I didn't have as well as traits they don't have, but I do. And I basically went off from there, it's kinda hard to explain though...</p>
<p>people you would like as roomates?</p>
<p>I was able to give people that expressed my interests and showed my passions, and it was just kind of a fun topic. I intially wrote about five, but I narrowed it down to three. The funny thing was, they were supposed to be dormmates, and all of the five candidates were male. :rolleyes: I don't think that matters, though. Which topic did you choose, blairt? Why did you find it limiting?</p>
<p>i know! all of my idols are males...</p>
<p>i've been focusing on my 5 other essays.. then i will do the 3 due at the end of the month. it's just so limiting because i want to write about my backround and my experiences.. my essays written on that are amazingg.. whereas, i don't know how writing about how you love aldous huxley and would love to have him as a classmate could really tell much about you..</p>
<p>Gosh, I'm so glad my essays are sent in . . . I'm nervous just thinking about decisions, but if I still actually had the opportunity to change them, I'd probably be panicking. :D
I was able to express myself very easily in the Andover aplication. I explained some about my background and experiances in the "What challenges do you face in everyday life?", and the things that I couldn't cover in my essay and the former short answer question I incorporated into the "What do you like most about yourself?" question. For the essay, I tried to pick people who I thought explained my interests. I chose Edward V of England because I love history, particularly English and monarchy history, and explained a bit about how interested I am in psychiatry. I chose Pythagoras of Samos so I could talk about mathematics and philosophy, and also, again, history. Lastly, I chose Edmund Bloodwood, the protagonist from my third novel, obviously to talk about how much writing means to me, what my stories are about, etc. And of course, I really would love to have all three of those people as dormmates. I was pretty happy with the Andover essay.</p>
<p>Also Exeter's "Look outside your window" question was great
only... they dont give you any space to answer TWO essays! and.. there are no lines on the page.. haha yikes</p>
<p>Oh yeah. I wrote my Exeter essay so small, the letters were like a sixth of an inch tall. :D I included a typed version, though, so if they have any trouble, they can just read that. I answered 1 on the front, and 5 on the back, because I had a lot more to say about 5.</p>
<p>D's favorite: Jot a note to a future Exeter classmate.</p>
<p>For Exeter's #1, how elaborate of an explanation do they want? My "favorite word" essay is pretty large, almost 600 words. I had never expected it to become that long, but it turns out that "infinity" was a very large part of my childhood. :D</p>
<p>If you can fit it on their form with your ocean essay, then it's not too long. I think that's the rule.</p>
<p>..for the note to future classmate essays, what are they expecting? like, hey XXX, youre a great friend.. etc.. how creative can you get?</p>
<p>Perhaps you might talk about a class you recently had or liked, what university you were thinking of going to, or say something about an EC at that school.</p>