<p>The prompt: With the understanding that the choice of academic school you indicated is not binding, explain why you are applying to that particular school of study.</p>
<p>Should I talk about the George Brown School of Engineering or why I want to do engineering?</p>
<p>Why you're interested in engineering.</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>So you know what you want to do after college. I want to go into energy and utilities, so I wrote about that in my short answer. If you don't know, show how a degree can help you achieve your goals.</p>
<p>I'd say that Rice is telling the applicant to make a personal statement answering the question: "Why did you pick engineering as your field of choice?"</p>
<p>For example, one could say that "I want to do neuroengineering since it incorporates so many of my interests" or "I love designing and building things" and elaborate on their statement. Or you could use the 'experience' route and say what led you to it--I used this for my 'Why Rice' short answer.</p>
<p>If you have a vauge notion, you could say what you might actually find in engineering that will help you out later in life, career, or both.</p>
<p>Rice already knows why the GRB school o' E is badass. They want to know why YOU'RE badass and how your badassery would function in relation to theirs.</p>
<p>Sorry if that wasn't helpful at all.</p>
<p>also got a question: the short essay has something like a 3000 character limit, and I think I only used like 500. Should I make it longer, and if so, how long?</p>
<p>Nope, don't worry about the length. If you go and look at the pdf version of the application there's only enough space available for about a paragraph.</p>
<p>I just answered it by saying something like "I am applying to [school] because my intended major is [major]. I am interested in [major] because......"</p>
<p>Im having trouble writing such an indepth essay. Because, I feel like they will take my words and basically determine I want to major in sciences, a competitive field.</p>
<p>I have [IMO] a good essay written up for why I want to do bioengineering; I don’t necessarily have one for why I want to be an engineer. There are elements of both in there, obviously, since there’s a Euler Diagram-type effect at work here, but I never in the essay actually mentioned why I wanted to be specifically in the school of engineering. I just concluded by saying I wanted to be a bioengineer, and figured that would imply I wanted to be in the school of engineering.</p>
<p>The next question is a “why rice” so I’m pretty sure this one’s about the field. As far as word length, say everything you have to say. If you think you only need 500, fine, but just consider that this is a chance to really show your passion. Which could be one of those tipping factors that everyone loves</p>
<p>Guys, it’s not length. Seriously. My school of study one was barely 200 words, solely about bioengineering rather than engineering in general, and I got a full ride from the engineering department. Just be honest and show as much of yourself in these short answers as possible.</p>
<p>thanks for all the wonderful advices.</p>