Let’s say someone who spends tremendous amount of time in Karate. Can he address prompt 3 by writing about his teaching of younger kids the martial arts? address prompt 4 by writing about the Do-Jo, about the friendships with the other Karateta, and the life lessons learned there? and address prompt 5 by writing about the challenges he faced in training and competing?
The 3 essays are all about Karate, but will be written in 3 different angles.
@MITChris care to comment?
I know nothing about MIT, but as a general rule this is a terrible idea. Your essays are where a school gets to know you. It’s a sales job, make the best case you can as to why it would be a great thing for MIT to have you on their campus. Writing about the same thing makes you seem one dimensional. Don’t you have other aspects of yourself MIT should know about?
I think the essays are a place to give a fuller picture of you, as a whole person. It could be about an aspect of your personality, a summer job etc, it doesn’t have to be about amazing achievements. One of my kids wrote about his job on a farm and aspects of himself that were revealed through that. I bet his schools didn’t get more than one or two kids, if any, writing about making hay. You want to stand out!
Having said all this, it’s an anonymous message board, we don’t know everything about you, it could be that I’m wrong etc etc.
Thanks @cinnamon1212, but unfortunately no. Karate is the only all-consuming activity he engaged in.