Princeton Supplement--"Favorite Recording?"

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<p>I think I saw one Princeton student on here post his/her favorites list and it had explanations. Perhaps it might show thoroughness to give explanations. My class has 120 students, and about 15 are applying EA. I don’t think any of them are giving explanations, so I might want to do that.</p>

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<p>I don’t know if the Common App will allow you the space to provide explanations.</p>

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<p>Wait…so do you have to give an explanation for these favorite things?</p>

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<p>Hey everyone. This is my first post on cc. I am an international applicant and i am finding that question a bit confusing too. Does it have to be a song? My favorite song is in Swahili and sung by a very popular band in Kenya but i doubt that the people who will be reading my application know the song. Would this impact negatively on my application?</p>

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<p>I’d encourage you to go back and read the rest of this thread…your question about it being a song has already been answered! And no - it doesn’t matter if the ad com knows the song or not. Diversity is not an issue with admissions.</p>

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<p>So are you guys writing an explanation for the favorite questions or not? I have space to do so, but it does not give directions to write it out thoroughly, so I don’t want it to look like I as not following directions.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t ask you to explain</p>

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<p>@pde54003‌ @Boobyhatch‌ I was wondering if it would be okay to put something that is in another language. It is my native language (an Indian language), but I really connect to it, more that anything else that I have listened to in English.</p>

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<p>I’m not an expert, but I was accepted in the early round, so I hoped I could be of some help! I didn’t write any explanations for any of the short questions (for this one, I just wrote the title of an album!). However, I have seen people do both, so I think you could go either way. @Shuu17‌ and @jmilovecandy I don’t think that’d be a problem at all! </p>

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<p>Yeah… @whatimasenior‌ is right. You can go either way. I was also admitted EA and I gave reasons for all my choices. My favorite recording was a ted talk. So, it really depends on you.</p>