<p>I can't really think of any significant challenges I've faced where i can remember if i overcame it. The only think i can think of is taking Calc BC last year. I had a HORRIBLE teacher who didn't teach a thing, but i want to take the BC exam. so i studied hard all year even thuogh i was busy with other ap classes and stuff and at times i wanted to quit, but didnt. my result was a 5 on the exam. Would that be an okay topic?</p>
<p>and 2 side question, can an interview hurt you? and cant i send in a picture of an artwork i did in art I in 9th grade as supplementary material?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>That sounds like a perfectly acceptable topic.</p>
<p>no interviews can’t hurt you. Only help.</p>
<p>Yes, you can submit the art as a supplement. Just make sure to use the Supplement heading page</p>
<p>Well I do think an interview can hurt you. What if the interviewer says in the report that you’re a total jerk/extremely awkward/etc? I don’t see how that isn’t going to hurt you.</p>
<p>Failure and recovery seems to be an important theme at MIT. I’d try to be more creative re: a challenge overcome. Think broadly. A fight with a close friend or relative, fear of bees, no electricity after a storm, etc.; all are reasonable topics. My son, a junior, wrote about our surviving a direct hit from a hurricane in 2007. A friend of his wrote about a boss who didn’t like him.</p>
<p>My son wrote about having an older sibling on the autism spectrum, and how this affected every aspect of our home life.</p>
<p>My son wrote about running for student body treasurer with the slogan, “Astute enough to add leadership,” and finding out that the student body didn’t know what astute meant. And that when they learned what it meant, they thought he was making fun of them for being stupid, when really all he was doing was using alliteration.</p>