<p>The prompt is "Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations."</p>
<p>What if I'm undecided on what I want to do? I really have no clue yet, I'm applying undeclared. How do the last question?</p>
<p>Try writing about a personal goal instead of a career one. That worked for me.</p>
<p>What do you mean it "worked" for you? Were you an 07er?</p>
<p>'Dreams' don't necessarily pertain to careers! Maybe write about anything you want to accomplish in life?</p>
<p>There are actually a lot of ways to answer this question without having decided on a major. Of course you have to examine your background as well.</p>
<p>For example-</p>
<p>Educational Goals:
A person may think it's important to go to colege because they are a first generation college student....
A person may think it's important to go to college because their parents have stressed the importance of education (or maybe modelled this through their own education)....
You may have a goal of getting a strong liberal arts background because you want the opportunity to explore options that were not available in your high school.....</p>
<p>Community Service Goals:
You can discuss how a particular community service has encouraged you to do further service in that area.</p>
<p>Other Goals and Aspirations Examples:
You may be searching for an educational and career goal in which you will be happy (maybe a family member has a job they love or hate)
Or, maybe you want to find a lucrative or stable job which could be the result of growing up poor or rich.....</p>
<p>I hope this helps you generate ideas. This essay topic is very open ended so you should be able to come up with something.</p>
<p>No, sorry for not being clear. I'm an 08er, but I mean it worked for me in the sense that I finally had something to write about. I tried to write about a career goal at first, but it just didn't work for me. Nothing was coming out. Writing about a personal goal was easier.</p>