<p>Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.</p>
<p>I wrote the prompt for all applicants already, but I'm not sure how to start the freshman prompt.</p>
<p>any tips, thoughts, or ideas you want to throw at a soon to be senior writing his personal statements?</p>
<p>also, 2 questions I want to ask.
1. Are fictional stories allowed in personal statements? regardless of the answer, would you advise it if you can't come up with anything?</p>
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<li>The freshman prompt want you to talk about your dreams and aspirations, but what if you're not sure of them yet or you don't have any? would it be okay to write an essay about how you're not sure of what path to take</li>
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<li><p>I suppose so, but a fictional story would sound really bad, and most importantly, wouldn’t show admissions who you really are. There is always something you can write about- all you have to do is think about yourself, and them track back to the past and see what series of specific events/conditions made that quality come to life.</p></li>
<li><p>Admissions doesn’t expect you to have everything figured out, but I would be more committal than just saying “I don’t know.” </p></li>
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<p>I won’t reveal exactly what I wrote for this prompt (I’m also a rising senior), but try to think about something that motivates you, or keeps you going (whether in studies or in your life as a whole). This is a very general prompt and you can go a lot of different ways. The prompt boils down to “Why are you the way you are?”</p>