Help with the essay?

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>"To help the reviewers get to know you, describe an experience you have had, a person who has influenced you, or an obstacle you have overcome. Explain why this is meaningful to you. Use your own words and limit your response to the space provided."</p>

<p>When they say "Explain why this is meaningful to you," do they expect you to spell it out? I mean, it can't be sort of implied. I was hoping to just go ahead and write the essay and have the underlying message be why it's important to me.</p>

<p>If it helps, my topic is about how my pediatrician influenced me to want to follow a career path in medicine. I was just gonna do an intro describing him and my visits to his office, and then talk about why I want to study medicine, and then wrap it up by bringing it back to him. Does that explain why he was an important person in my life? Or would I have to explicitly state it?</p>

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<p>Well, the way I interpreted it was that they say outright that it’s “to help the reviewers get to know you,” so I would think they want your personality to come out through it. Therefore I would just write the essay, and the underlying meaning should come through if your essay is good enough. Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>Okay, thank you so much! That’s so helpful, that’s a lot easier than writing it the other way around (in my opinion). :)</p>