<p>I need some advice. So, I have two mandatory short answers for Tufts University. And I've written like 20 different answers--and I don't like any of them. It's 200 words or less...so I definitely want to say something that will stand out. I don't want them to be like, "Yep, we've just read a million of these." </p>
<p>These are the two prompts. I'm not looking for specific examples or anything. Just some advice. Where to focus my brainstorm? How to say what I want and be interesting in 200 words?! thanks.</p>
<p>Please prepare a 200-word response to the following short answer essay.</p>
<p>"Education does not accomplish anything if it does not stretch your mind, if it does not force you to think about things in different ways, if it does not challenge you to examine some of your assumptions," writes Provost Jamshed Bharucha in Tufts' admissions viewbook. Describe the aspects of Tufts' curriculum or undergraduate program that prompt your application to the university's class of 2010.</p>
<p>Please prepare a 200-word response to the following short answer essay.</p>
<p>Tell us about the environment in which you were raised--your family, home, neighborhood, or town--and how it influenced the person you are today.</p>