Question about common app essay prompt #1...

College Essays
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<p>The prompt is:
Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.</p>

<p>Does the essay have to be about a specific story or can it be generalized with points and analyzation pulled from it?</p>

<p>I want to write more about my "background", but it seems like the whole story thing is kind of stressed in the prompt...</p>

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<p>Your background is fine; it does not have to be about a specific story. There’s room for interpretation here. Just don’t use non-words like “analyzation”.</p>