<p>I think it can be whatever you want. I was "just a camp counselor", so I didn't want to say that outright. Instead, I wrote 300 words after camp one day about a specific moment that I broadened to describe my job in general. And honestly, it was probably my favorite part of my app.</p>
<p>umm...mine was like, a paragraph long. did you all do really incredible things like climb mt. kilimanjaro or attend a bunch of summer camps? i can't really afford to do that kind of stuff but i did some other cool things...do you think i should have mentioned the financial issues?</p>
<p>I focused on one thing...I know that they might have wanted a list or for me to talk about many things. But all of my jobs and camps were already listed on the EC section...so I figuered I might as well use this spot to write about something new. I wrote about showing cows...which is something I have done for the past 10 summers. Personally, I thought it was the best part of my application...(which I guess could be a bad thing!). It was one paragraph.</p>
<p>Everything in the application gives you a chance to distinguish yourself. My child wrote a 325 word mini-essay. When my child went to the admitted students’ weekend, one of the persons from the admission’s office said she remembered reading my child’s response to the summer activity question. So if you can think of a creative, interesting way to explain what you did, by all means do so.</p>
<p>D got in early with a likely letter. Received feedback that her app. was impressive. She answered summer question in essay form stating what she had gained from the experience. It wasn't over the top she just didn't state the facts only. Good Luck!</p>
<p>PDaddy, what did your child write (or how) that made it so outstanding?</p>
<p>I did not want to make an essay, but describing my 'summer adventures' ended up in more than 500 words, or about 2400 characters, I hope it is fine with them.</p>
<p>D's essay was also not long...just descriptive and focused on the learning experience.</p>
<p>Yeah my CGC (who is awesome and knows everything) said keep it short and to the point. They are reading a ridiculous number of essays already, and really don't need another one. 5-6 sentences should be plenty.</p>
<p>lol at veryhappy. Well personally, I wrote exactly 2500 characters, introduced my summer activities, and yes, talked about what they meant to me and why I did them/liked them. I don't know whether they're just looking for factual info but in my opinion, 2500 is kinda a lot of space, so because they gave that number, I get the feeling they want more than a hard listing. Unless you did 234928374 different activities, one page is enough to actually elaborate on each thing you did.</p>
<p>(ceebee, 5-6 sentences? I wrote like 5-6 paragraphs.. oops. Well I hope that adding more of a personal voice to my answer will be a bonus for me :))</p>
<p>I ended up listing my summer activities, and then expanding on the three most notable ones in a few sentences. Was this an acceptable format?</p>
<p>hooking up with hott girls..</p>
<p>amber -- Hope your personal voice is beautiful then!</p>
<p>How much is too much for this essay? Would it be bad if you go a bit over the limit..maybe writing a full page?</p>
<p>Celita, I don't think you can go over the limit for this one. And you shouldn't have to, because this wasn't really supposed to be a full-fledged essay anyhow... really try to get it beneath the limit. Unless you cured cancer over the summer, you should be able to fit all of the important information within the 2500 word limit.</p>
<p>I had a pretty long introduction and went into 3 activities that I did. For each one I had brief descriptions.</p>
<p>My total was 1500 characters.</p>
<p>Note: I'm just an applicant, not a current student.</p>
<p>Aduro2072,
My child wrote about a typical summers day from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night. I think the way in which my child wrote about the day was vivid and the activity was perhaps an interesting one, so that may be why the admissions staff remembered it.</p>
<p>i interpreted the question as very factual. while they give you a huge char limit, they also give an obscene amount of characters on their supp essay with an explicit 300 word limit. </p>
<p>plus, they were pretty clear about their supp essay being an <em>essay</em>. i would think they would do the same if they were trying to prompt an essay on summer activities.</p>
<p>just my two cents...</p>
<p>HELP!! I'm having a grammatical breakdown with the answer to this question.</p>
<p>Do you think this is grammatically correct:</p>
<p>"Thus, it is not surprising to understand that participating in this campaign was an undoubtably fulfilling and rewarding experience I will never forget." ?</p>
<p>Or should it be undoubtable instead of undoubtably?</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>it should be "undoubtedly."</p>