<p>For those of you who've done the roommate essay, did you structure it as an actual letter to a roommate? I was thinking about just recounting an experience.</p>
<p>You can do it any way you want. Just make sure to tell something meaningful about yourself (directly or indirectly).</p>
<p>don't worry about the structure. i just wrote about an experience too (and was admitted scea). i've also read people's essays structured as a letter, informal and letterish. but make sure its an experience that says something about YOU, not who you want to be or think you should be to get admitted.</p>
<p>Mine was informal-ish--I kept a conversational tone and included a lot of descripiton (well, as much as I could with the character limit). Lines like: "You know what you don't see too often in Maryland? Guys walking down the street whipping themselves. As I was riding in the back of a pick up truck in the Philippines during Holy Week..."</p>