<p>@ stockguru: For my roommate essay, I just got an urge to write and sat down and did it really quickly. It wasn't hard, but it did interrupt my homework time :P</p>
<p>As for my intellectual experience essay - I had known I was going to write on that particular topic for a while, but when I started writing it I had a pretty cool idea about how to write it...for me it just kinda came out...</p>
<p>i see haha. i'm having a rough time writing that intellectual experience one... i think i have the roommate one down pretty well though. how about the "why stanford"?</p>
<p>That one is roughing me up... it's hard to talk about a school and why you love it without sounding extremely cliche. it's like colleges just want you to kiss their a** w/o sounding really repetitive.</p>
<p>Because international admissions aren't need-blind, I certainly can't afford Stanford.
I don't have much experience in application essays, but normally I'm fine with most texts and essays. Just PM me, I'll try to help you.</p>