<p>One of the new Common App Essay prompts is "Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?"</p>
<p>What I am concerned about here is the wording. Some of the other prompts start with "describe" while this one starts with "reflect". Does this mean I should not focus much on the background and how the incident happened, and put much more focus on how the incident affected me? I ask this because I have some unique, personal details about the event itself that I feel would make the essay stand out. I am writing about how I reconciled science with my Buddhist religion through an unique event that happened at the temple. But I worry that those details might detract/not leave enough room for the "reflection" part.</p>
<p>What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance for any and all responses to my question!</p>