<p>Was the “How did you become interested in AU?” question suppose to be another essay, a short answer, or just a couple of sentences - in yall’s opinion? [[or if someone knows for sure;)]]</p>
<p>thanks! best of luck everyone!</p>
<p>i have no clue... i was lazy and i applied via common app... (haha actually i went just about everything w/ the common app) anyway but in my experience short and sweet is best. Admissions officers have enough to read and worry about... so the shoter and more straight to the point u can be the better... so when they ask "how did u become interested in AU" be honest, concise.. and straight to the point...</p>
<p>anyway... it doesn't really matter i mean i don't think that this question is the "make or break answer..." i mean i think that your SATs... recs... and major essay matters more ;-) I would say that this type of question if more like feedback... so they know what students like... and what AU needs to improve on (ie: if no one says anything about the library AU knows that perhaps they need to work on this system)</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>~alyssa</p>
<p>thank you!:)</p>
<p>I did my application online, and when I looked at the paper application I saw that there were only like...4 lines to write about interest and I wrote 400 words on the online app! oh gosh. oh well, at least I got to explain why I love American:) Did anyone else send supplemental stuff/extra recs?</p>
<p>when i applied last year i didn't.... if they wanted you to send 15 recs... they would have asked you... unless these extra recs would actually make a huge difference... just go w/ exactly what AU asks for... but for example.. like bing only asked for 1 letter of rec... i sent 2... like w.e.... But YOU think that it is necessary and impt send it... i mean if you want to send and extra rec...send it.... worst case sinaro they don't read it... and dump it... i mean AU isn't going to reject you because you sent an extra rec.... but best case sinaro.. there is something there... in the exta stuff that really added new depth 2 your app... and they accecpt you :) yeaaaa!!!</p>
<p>hope that helped... sorta...</p>
<p>~alyssa</p>