Important question about UC Prompt 1!!

<p>You probably already know, but the prompt is:
"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>Sooo, my question.... do you have to pick ONE THING that "is" the world you come from? For example, my friend wrote specifically about how she "came from a world of music". Another friend of mine is writing about his family - how important is to him, etc.</p>

<p>However, I would like to write a bit about my family, my community, AND my school - and maybe a few other aspects of my "world", too. Is that okay???</p>

<p>Well, its definitely recommended that you pick ONE topic and describe it. Its recommended because then you can be very descriptive and stay on topic the whole time. My college advisor said that they want one topic to describe how that has shaped you, so unless your personal statement is super amazing, stick to one topic.</p>

<p>I want to write about how my community and school affected me (isn’t community and school kind of the same thing anyway?), but the way it affected me was influenced by my family life and a few other things.</p>

<p>I always thought that community and school was the same thing. I guess as long as you explain how thpse experiences shaped you, Im sure it would be fine.</p>