<p>Is it all right if I write the "letter to roommate" essay as if my roommate and I just finished our experiences at Stanford, and I'm reminiscing about our time together? </p>
<p>Help is very much appreciated!</p>
<p>Admissions officers have seen it all. I wouldn't be too concerned with contriving some gimmick and hoping it'll get you into college. Instead, respond to a prompt in a way that represents who YOU are, not who you think admissions officers want you to be. Because, really, they want you to be you.</p>
<p>^ Oh, I wanted to use this idea because it really would show who I am as a person; not too mention it would be fun to write as if I were a student at Stanford and imagine all I would do with my roommate(s).</p>
<p>^Not to hijack the thread, but I also had a question about the roommate essay. </p>
<p>Is it ok to use really informal language like "Hey Roomie! What's up? etc, etc."?</p>
<p>^ I've heard on past threads that it is.</p>
<p>Also, do we have to talk strictly about us or can we talk about experiences we hope to have with our roommates at Stanford?</p>
<p>You can take it in the direction you described, but IMO it's being a little too literal. When I see prompts like this, I just re-word them in such a way that's clear what the college is looking for: "Tell us something interesting about you." Try to make it significant. You don't need to start off greeting them. You don't need to make it seem as though you've already been at Stanford. I and others didn't do that (though mine was informal and used the words "you," and I used this essay for other applications as well), and it was fine.</p>
<p>I personally wouldn't want to talk about the "experiences we hope to have"--that's probably overdone, and it really doesn't reveal as much about you as something else could. In other words, it might be effective, but there's a high possibility that something else will be even more so.</p>
<p>Search the threads on this forum; students have discussed this essay a lot (since it's the sort of essay that you read, and re-read, and re-read and still don't know what you're going to write about).</p>
<p>^ Great advice! Now thinking about it, and racking my brain for hours, I won't do the essay using this theme. I'll keep thinking...</p>
<p>Hmm do we write this as if we're actually writing a letter? Can I address my future roommate by saying "I hope we..." and such? Or should I refrain from that?</p>
<p>^^ see my post #7 above.</p>
<p>Oh thanks! I didn't see that post for some reason before.</p>