<p>I used my Common App essay to showcase my passions, and I feel it’d be redundant to do so again in the Supp essay. I would really appreciate it if I could learn what others chose to write about. I’m not going to steal your ideas, so don’t worry about plagiarism. I just have no clue if this essay’s supposed to be one of passion, personal story, interest in school, a political polemic, etc. The prompts are very out of the blue, and I wish they’d provide a little more direction.</p>
<p>PS The only idea I have so far is writing about my favourite teacher who taught me back in grades 2 and 3, usimg prompt #5 (“I am not a machine…”). I don’t know if this is too cliche, too irrelevant, etc. Please help.</p>
<p>I almost did prompt #5, but ended up doing the "cargo" one. My college counselor suggested writing about something everyone can relate to for #5, like feelings everyone has....then circling back to yourself on the issue.</p>
<p>You can also try analyzing the quotes word-by-word. This is what I did for my essays. Just write down EVERYTHING that comes to mind on a sheet of paper, and you may come to some conclusions that were previously unclear.</p>
<p>Yeah, the one dealing with science and the universe can be bent to almost anything you want. The more I thought about the quote, the more I came to understand it, or at least my interpretation of it.</p>
<p>I am a humanities person, but I liked the science/universe thing best. I think what matters most is that you write about what you're most comfortable with.</p>