Princeton App: Fav word?

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<p>“Myriad”… I’ve always loved that word for no apparent reason :)</p>

42

<p>hippopotamus. I was going to explain how it related to this commercial I saw as a child but decided against it.</p>

43

<p>I didn’t end up applying, but I was going to put “milquetoast”.</p>

44

<p>I put
“Yeah!”</p>

<p>including the exclamation mark.</p>

45

<p>I put Gyrfalcon.</p>

46

<p>Intense</p>

<p>(filling up char)</p>

47

<p>Controlled-chaos</p>

<p>Hopefully they don’t mind the hyphen.</p>

48

<p>OP here, finally went with ‘abecedarian’. It’s stupid but so was this question: honestly, I don’t have a favorite word (!), and regardless, how does this question yield any insight into an applicant’s potential fit at Princeton? I mean, I’ve enjoyed reading the responses in this thread but don’t really feel like your answers have given me any sort of picture into who you all are.</p>

49

<p>@Sparklesheen: I almost put mellifluous! I was deciding between that and another word.</p>

50

<p>I chose pinnacle.</p>

51

<p>I put really. </p>

<p>Wanted to put NO.</p>

52

<p>I put “Alas” and then had a side comment about how Alas, I do not know why it is my favorite word.</p>

53

<p>Younglings</p>

54

<p>I put yes. I really wanted to put s</p>

55

<p>I put “favourite” with a “u” because I’m British haha :)</p>

56

<p>quomodo:

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<p>Haha. Another school asked for an entire essay on a favorite word. 0_o. I ended up writing a poetic piece on “mellifluous”. :D</p>

57

<p>^ Was that UVA by any chance? I know they offered the option of writing a 250 word essay on your favorite word. I chose the prompt on your favorite place to get lost instead, though.</p>

58

<p>Yes, that was for UVA. I couldn’t think of an original place to get lost in… every possibility seemed hopelessly cliched.</p>

59

<p>I did a bookstore. Figured not too many people would pick that, and I wrote about it in a creative/interesting way. :)</p>

<p>I contemplated using something like “lost in my thoughts,” but then I decided that about two thousand other people would probably choose that. haha</p>

<p>Plus my nerdy / history-loving side adores going to Borders just to browse around.</p>

60

<p>i put the very pedestrian and unenthusiastic “yeah”</p>