<p>I didn't mean to make my essay so informal; it just came out that way. I'm generally an entertaining person (in my very biased opinion) so I guess it does reflect that, but I'm not sure it reflects other aspects of my personality. </p>
<p>Is the roommate supplement supposed to be more than just a casual essay, or should I just focus on showing other aspects of my personality in the other essays? </p>
<p>If anyone from Stanford would like to pm me and help me out with my essay, you'll be my new best friend! (Not really, but I'll be super grateful!) </p>
<p>I really don’t think there’s one right way to interpret the prompt. You could use it to highlight something very serious and meaningful about yourself or make it quirky and fun. The important thing is that it reflects YOU. I think they added this prompt in order to get a sense of your personality beyond stale test scores. Who are you as a person–not just an academic robot? Are you someone they would like to have on their campus?</p>
<p>For me, this essay was a little more difficult. I wrote it, but when I asked for feedback from the people who knew me the best, a lot of them said it didn’t sound like me. The jokes were difficult to understand, and I came across as cocky, which I’m not. I was trying too hard to be all funny and quirky, and I lost track of the essay’s purpose: to show who I am as a person. I ended up keeping some of the funniness, but also adding some genuine parts about myself. I made it less abstract and more about ME, not my jokes.</p>
<p>Hope this helps :)</p>
<p>@starbreath I think the essay does reflect who I am, but I’m so weird that I don’t know if the essay is simply too different haha. It’s not much like what I’ve seen from other essay samples. </p>
<p>I got in last year and mine was about my former roommate in high school going to the bathroom in a bottle and putting it in our refrigerator. I don’t think it has to be too formal.</p>
<p>the admissions guy at stanford that spoke to me gave the advice to “make him smile”. take that how you wish</p>