<p>1) A good story starts with a good beginning. Get us hooked in the first 150 words.</p>
<p>What is the angle anyone who is writing/wrote this essay took? I know on Notre Dame's website, they give a little blurb about how it could be creative, but would it be okay to be a completely fictitious or would it be beneficial to write it as a personal story? I currently have it as creative writing and I think its fairly strong, but I wanted to see other opinions as well.</p>
<p>You should check the ND forum. This question was talked about on there recently</p>
<p>Took me a long time to decide what to write for this one. However since it is such a vague question, I figured many of the applicants would stray away from it. That’s why I chose to do it! I wrote two options actually and I’m not sure which one I’m going to use. One of them was a serious, faithful one. And the other was a personal funny anecdote that I thought would make the board see the more laid back outgoing me. </p>
<p>It says in the prompt “get us hooked in the first 150 words”, but the directions above it give a 150-200 word limit. Which does it mean, that you can only write 150 words or can go up to 200?</p>
<p>Keep it around 150…couple words more won’t hurt you</p>