<p>Oh, I know what you mean.</p>
<p>I put “Their Eyes Were Watching God” for my favorite book. I tried lightening up by saying that my friends would describe me as “hungry” and “sarcastic.” I also said that my favorite word is “arugula,” my favorite website is “princeton.edu,” and that my favorite movie quote is “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”</p>
<p>^ @karatekid666:- Nice touch with the “princeton.edu” !! 
What was your fav source of inspiration??
@unicameral2013 - same here, don’t read much!! Thought of putting in Harry Potter for a second, but then went with Jefferey Archers’ A Prisoner of Birth!!
And well apart from being an AWESOME school with all the meal plans(I didn’t mention this in my essay though!! damn!!) and the campus, one of the main reasons I applied was that its need blind towards Intn’l students!! :)</p>
<p>I’m international, and nobody from my country has been accepted by Princeton during the last few years. It’s kind of strange, but Princeton’s class of 2016 didn’t have any students from countries of the former USSR (exept Azerbaijan)…</p>
<p>I said my source of inspiration was Malcolm X.
But I put my favorite quote as “You go, Glen Coco!” In retrospect, that was probably a bad idea. Lol</p>
<p>HAHA^ I put my grandfather for inspiration. I also write about him for the essay</p>
<p>Forbes ranked Princeton no.1 in U.S.A.!! 
Haha, I surely have high hopes!!</p>
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<p>my favourite source of inspiration was givesmehope.com
really hoping it wasn’t too cheesy
favourite book; harry potter no regrets on that one! :D</p>
<p>@alexis i almost used the glen coco quote too!</p>
<p>btw has anyone done their interview yet?</p>
<p>^ Haha… I almost went with Harry Potter!! Don’t know what the adcoms would make of givesmehope.com though!!</p>
<p>And I got the interviewer email from Pton but the guy hasn’t contacted me yet!! :)</p>
<p>My favorite source of inspiration is Charlie Chaplin’s Great Dictator Speech.</p>
<p>My favorite source of inspiration was a car crash I had when I was 9, where my landrover went off a mountain and rolled, I smashed my head open and saw horrific injuries, ribs sticking out my uncle’s skin etc. I had to climb up the mountain with my smashed head and broken left wrist in order to get help to save my aunt’s life (I succeeded!). Further to that I’ve struggled with post traumatic stress disorder up until recently. When I reflect on what I did and overcame it becomes a huge source of inspiration for me.</p>
<p>Oh and I used a Pacino quote from Any Given Sunday. Just gives me shivers.</p>
<p>I had tons of fun with the details questions. Didn’t take any of them very seriously though.</p>
<p>@Spaceduck, I love that speech! In the end, I went safe with “My faith.” Probably doesn’t stand out, but it’s the most honest answer I could come up with.</p>
<p>@Adodie, there’s nothing wrong with that. Being honest with yourself puts you way ahead of the others.</p>
<p>But yes, that speech is so inspiring. Listening to it with Hans Zimmer - Time in the background just makes me want to go out and do great things.</p>
<p>And these awesome words came from a comedian, of all people. Huh.</p>
<p>Just received my account tracking info! It’s all so official!</p>
<p>I guess everyone had fun with the short answers!!
I doubt it really counts in the admissions process. Probably,helps the admissions officers find out few characteristics of the applicant.</p>
<p>@Pomani – That is very brave! But just out of curiosity, did all of that fit into the space for “Source of Inspiration”??</p>
<p>my inspiration was You-Tube.</p>
<p>Can’t get anymore honest. haha</p>
<p>@Rishav - It did, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t way longer than they’re used to! It’s certainly gonna be longer than the vast majority.</p>
<p>Has a date been set for decisions?</p>
<p>Yes, March 28. Seems so far away…</p>