rutgers essay topic - WHAT??!?!?

College Essays
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<p>ok, any ideas for the rutgers essay topic. im applying early action and rlly have to get the essay done, but the topic just seems so cliched and trite. </p>

<p>"RU is a vibrant communityof people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.how would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? consider variables such as your talents,travels,leadership activities,volunteer services, and cultural experiences." max 3800 charcachters. </p>

<p>Wat The???</p>

<p>OK 2 things:</p>

<p>1) it sounds like their asking for my extraccurricular resume. i dont hear a question. how do i write an ESSAY out of this. any advice?</p>

<p>2) wats with the "3800 charachters"? i dont have a charachter-to-word converter counter on my computer. why do they have to do that...every other college says max. 300-500 words, but rutgers says charachters, thats so annoying...does anyone know how many words 3800 charachters are?</p>

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<p>roughly 500 words can be converted into 3500+ character. It depends.
I think the college requires you NOT only to write a resume but an essay that can reflect your talents, activities, and other qualities the college is looking for.</p>

<p>I think you should do some search work on the school and find out what attracts you, then write the attractions in your essay so as to express you willing to attend it.</p>

<p>Remember, never use a blank for an essay to write a resume, it does hurt.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the thread, was just about to make one of my own!
Thanks Polketmoss for the advice, tackling the essay now!</p>

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<p>You can use Google docs. It has a word count as well as a characters count.</p>

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<p>To be honest, that essay sounds pretty easy to write. They are giving you ideas in the prompt itself.</p>