<p>I'm trying to write a 300 word essay in response to the prompt:</p>
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Using the quotation below as a jumping off point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the world.
"Some questions cannot be answered./ They become familiar weights in the hand,/ Round stones pulled from the pocket, unyielding and cool."
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<p>The problem I'm having is firstly, interpreting what the prompt is saying and secondly, coming up with an idea.</p>
<p>yeh im doing this one too (as my 500 word'er)</p>
<p>in relation to the "some questions cannot be answered..." extract, im considering (just about to write my drafts this fortnight) taking the tack of a question/uncertainty/doubt that ive carried around and what its long-term effect on me. exactly what that question is; i don't know yet....
experience is my trip to america last winter which made me like princeton so much in the first place.</p>
<p>does is seem like in on an original idea or not really?</p>
<p>I'm going to dwell on an issue that has affected me very much and I'm actually going to say that some questions can be answered. Is refuting the question stimulus allowed?</p>
<p>yeh id think it would be allowed. man, this is my opinion on the whole essay thing (and anyone feel free to correct me if im wrong) - theyre not looking for a correct answer, its not like a multichoice, yes/no, right/wrong question.
i think as much as what you actually say, theyre looking at your ability to write and how it makes you look.</p>
<p>^They are also looking at what you make out of it. They wanna see how think...what makes YOU standout. Refuting the question stimulus is definatley allowed, and would defiantley make you stand out, since most people would prefer to agree with the statment- provided that you back it up with well-structured, consice examples from your own experince...idk something that sets you apart. afterall, thats the whole point of the essay, right?</p>
<p>I agree with Yasmin, as well. However... I would be careful as to how I presented a counter argument. From the way you phrased your post (whether that how you intend to write it or not) it sounds as if you are refuting the fact that no question can be answered. However, the prompt is only suggesting that SOME questions can't be answered. While you could probably write a killer essay about how there are answerable questions, but it wouldnt really follow the prompt. Does this make sense to anyone? Because I could be missing something.</p>
<p>Personally, I'm writing about the Essay questions themselves, and, as majistr8 noted, the fact that there is no definite answer to any essay prompt. I hope i helped someone. Try not to steal my idea much? Please?</p>
<p>Yeah I'm thinking of doing #1...what I'm afraid of doing most is taking a quote and doign some complete BS version of a response -- something that, in most cases, probably sounds way too philosophical to say anything real about me and maybe could tick off the adcoms</p>