<p>I have a question that what should I write for the personal statement if my top 5 choices are 1. Elder
2. Willard
3. Allison
4. Slivka
5. Shepard </p>
<p>Three of my choices are residential colleges, so am I supposed to write about them, even though my first choice is Elder? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yep, I think you’re still supposed to write about Willard, Slivka, and Shepard.</p>
<p>Yep. You still have to write about those three.</p>
<p>I applied for three residential colleges but I am writing just one personal statement. I do not sense from the question that I need to write three essays respectively. </p>
<p>Tbh, I hate having to submit so many essays: I had to write the integrity essay a while ago, now this, and then the PreWildcat 6-7 essays. Plus, I am still taking the final exams! My friends going to other universities are not doing anything like this!! x(</p>
<p>^Haha, I feel the same way.</p>
<p>I have a question, also. I know that for the second question, we’re supposed to write 200 words about why we want to be in the specific residential college. If we’re doing 2, is that 200 words each, or 200 words total? Also, does anyone have an idea what they’re looking for or how competitive it is to get into a residential college?</p>
<p>alum / parent here - my S put 3 res col in his top 5 but one essay to cover them all.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter whether you’ve applied to one, two, or even five; it’s still only one essay - 200 </p>
<p>And I’m not sure how true this is, but I heard that you don’t have to work too hard on the essays because they randomly pick who gets to live in these residential colleges.</p>
<p>*I meant to say 200 words total</p>
<p>mathmaniac-I think you have been mislead. Each residential college has an executive board. They are reading the essays and deciding who lives where and with whom. So, if any class of '15 members are still reading this and you really want to live in one of the res colleges, I suggest you take the essay somewhat seriously.</p>
<p>Oh really, sorry. I was just going by what a sophomore at NU told me. I suppose he could have been mislead too. Thanks for the info though!</p>
<p>Honestly, you don’t have to take it too seriously. Just show off your personality. I threw something together in 30 minutes and got my first choice res college.</p>
<p>I’m not sure that the exec board of every college (maybe for some) reads the entrance essays, because that’s a lot of people pouring over a lot of essays, but I know at the very least our res college master does. If you really want to be somewhere, just show who you are and why you want to be there. Most res colleges are looking to build a community - so be yourself to show them why you should be a part of it!</p>