Rutgers Essay 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rutgers University
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<p>This year's Rutgers undergraduate admissions essay reads
"Rutgers requires that you write a short essay that is your original work. Please reflect on what you consider to be an important personal experience related to your talents, interests, or commitments. Using this experience, please tell us what you learned about yourself. How will this experience prepare you for success at Rutgers?"</p>

<p>Can someone explain me what are they looking for? Can I use one of the common app essays such as the "Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?" or "Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story."</p>

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<p>Both are okay to use. Personally, i think the background story works best since Rutgers wants you to tell of a time where you learned something about yourself that you never knew or understood before. And a background story allows you to do just that whereas failure you are just learning a lesson and not always something new about yourself, failures usually just motivate you or something (the way I see it at least).</p>