<p>Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school</p>
<p>Is it preferable to pick One OF (family etc.) or is it alright to talk about multiple.
Does it matter?</p>
<p>Also, how big of a 'dream/aspiration' are they looking for? University scale or Life goal?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. The prompt is just a platform for you to talk about experiences that shaped your life. However, be warned, that ANY good essay has a focus, especially an essay of such short length. If all you do is just have 3 mini-stories of friends, family, and community each then the essay is going to seem lackluster.</p>
<p>I talked about how my community and school were a “part” of my family, so it made everything nice and unified. For example, if you were involved on a sports team in school, or a community organization, then all of that can be lumped into one as long as they’ve affected you in a similar way.</p>
<p>i talked about how sex was the cure for AIDS</p>
<p>…they seemed to really like that, you should give it a shot</p>
<p>Actually, straight from the UC Counselors conference and the personal statement workshop, applicants should pick one area to focus on to describe the world they come from and be sure to add facts and examples of how that world has influenced you.</p>
<p>Wow, they haven’t changed that prompt from like 2 years ago. Admissions people are so uncreative.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters, but I think your essay will sound stronger if you’re focusing on just one of those. All three would make your essay messy and incomprehensible. Just my personal opinion though.</p>