<p>Is anyone else putting down CC as their fave website?</p>
<p>Haha, no. What college asks for your favorite website?</p>
<p>Princeton asks on their supplement. They also ask fave book, movie, quote from movie, and adjective. Pretty interesting.</p>
<p>What else are people writing for the website option?</p>
<p>facebook ftw. i'm dead serious</p>
<p>Are you just listing the answer, or offering an explanation as well? There is a large space there, but I don't know if your just supposed to answer with one word....</p>
<p>And, btw, do you really think that this "getting to know you" part will make any difference? Personally, I think that it is unfair for them to pretend like they care what our favorite word is, like it's going to factor in somehow...it's like, um, let us let them think that this is less crazy and competitive than it actually is...</p>
<p>It's probably supposed to make the applicants feel a bit relaxed (which won't work out for most applicants because everybody is freaking out not to write something wrong, etc.)</p>
<p>...wait....i got the perfect answer...<em>thumbing through idiots guide rapidly</em></p>
<p>I put facebook also. Because this is really my favorite website. And what do you guys put for keepsake or memento? This is really the one I have no idea.</p>
<p>I said letters from my family back home (Nigeria)</p>
<p>I'm a Princeton freshman and I thought a lot about this section while filling out my application. There are a few ways to approach it, and I think we can all figure out which is the best once they're laid out objectively:
1) Lie throughout the entire section, making yourself appear more intellectual than you actually are.<br>
2) Tell the admission officer what you think he/she wants to hear (similar to #1)
3) Be honest.
The key here is that you want to not only give yourself the best chance to be admitted, but also let the committee see who you truly are. I chose #3 because I did not want to worry for years had I lied and been rejected. I wanted to give Princeton the opportunity to judge me, not some phony version of my resume. Also, don't forget that thousands of applicants will go for #1 and #2, so it will be much harder to stand out. </p>
<p>And, on a side note, it feels AMAZING to be admitted when you were completely honest on your application. Makes it feel like you're truly wanted.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys are making this into to something much larger than it is.</p>
<p>I'm really curious as how to much attention they'll pay to our answers. Plus, I really dont know whether to explain them or not. I mean, what can they conclude about us if we don't even explain our favorite word? If its just an effort to make the application more friendly, then I think they're underestimating how seriously their applicants take it.</p>
<p>But their instructions are definitely vague. Like, by "favorite recording", do they mean favorite cd or favorite song?</p>
<p>I put my favorite album, but I don't think it matters...</p>
<p>Yeah this part of the supplement is not important at all. It is really just giving the admissions officers some background on your personality. Not even close to being life or death.</p>