"money in your pocket essay"??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Does Johns Hopkins want the "money in your pocket" essay to start off with "I would love to being my day of no commitments..." or in a creative manner?
Are they looking at the content of what you did during the day or how you wrote the essay?
Is the essay supposed to be what would you do or could it be what have you done on a day of no commitments?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Here are my opinions:</p>

<p>Any interpretation is fine, as long as the essay itself shows a deep, personal quality of yours that the Admissions officers believe would fit in at Johns Hopkins. </p>

<p>Content is only the 1st layer, and there should be a deeper message shown in the essay. How you write the essay? I'm not sure what you mean by that, but you can "write" it in any way possible -- including making a videotape/artbook/whatever you want.</p>

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<p>should you be honest in the essay - ie really answer the question?</p>

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<p>Read my comments on these threads:</p>

<p>(1) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=221180%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=221180&lt;/a>
(2) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=270259%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=270259&lt;/a>
(3) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=270387%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=270387&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Remember, these are PERSONAL essays. Put yourself in the shoes of the person who will evaluate your essay -- what do you think they are looking for, and how will that help them better evaluate your total application.</p>

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<p>My essay doesn't require any money to be spent. Also, it only covers one specific thing I would do. Is this ok?</p>

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<p>I didn't talk about money at all in my essay..</p>

<p>just be as creative as possible</p>

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<p>don't worry about it too much; just answer the question and you will be fine!!</p>

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<p>I'm not sure how creative mine is. But it highlights what I love to do, so hopefully it will work. It's definately not off the wall.</p>

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<p>by the way, i know a person that just got accepted and all he did was common app essay, no JHU ones. i dont recommend it but it happens</p>