<p>Hey everyone! I'm finished with my UW-Madison application, but I'm having trouble fully understanding the objective of the essay. I know that it serves to convey any significant, additional personal information, but I'm not sure which essay to include (of those I've written so far). I'm leaning towards the short answer (250 words) question I wrote for Michigan about my undergraduate/future career aspirations...It's very straightforward, but the prompt itself wasn't quite geared toward creativity, so I'm not sure if it's "personal" enough.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'd just like to know if that sounds like an acceptable statement to submit. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I wouldn't obsess over it, what you have sounds good, just make sure you don't mention how much you really want to go to Michigan! Never got to see any of son's essays and I'm not an expert, but if your record is good-test scores and GPA- that would count the most. I remember son sending in a generic (ie not specific to a school) teacher rec written for another school; UW was his safety, he's there now.</p>
<p>After you're done with the essay, I would just look through your application to make sure there's nothing you wanted to say about yourself that wasn't apparent simply by reading your app. It's hard to fit an entire snapshot of yourself on the few lines that the body of the application gives you. maybe this can give you some direction for the essay.</p>