<p>I just wrote. About every single aspect of Northwestern that I liked.</p>
<p>And it is just short of 1,000 words. I have to shorten it, right? Cut it down to..500? Or is 1,000 okay?</p>
<p>Well there was no word limit… I would take out stuff that is not unique about it if I were you. There’s no point in saying you like the lake or you find it pretty or whatnot, just include stuff relevant to the biggest reason or few reasons you want to go there. Just think about the admissions person who has to read it, you want it to stand out and not make them wonder how much longer it drags on for. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Please don’t tell them about the lake or the proximity to Chicago or other things they already know. Your mission is not really to tell them why you like NU – but what you can do for the campus, and how what you like about NU will enable you to contribute to campus life. Good luck.</p>
<p>Interesting, Pizzagirl</p>
<p>My D didn’t exactly take this approach – she wrote more of a ‘why I think it’s a fit’ for me essay, giving specifics, based on the school’s characteristics, what she wanted to study and what impressed her about the campus visit.</p>
<p>In any event, I think there is no one correct approach to this (well other than make sure that your essay refers to NU by name and doesn’t say why you want to go to some other school.)</p>
<p>I do like your suggestion though – sounds like a way to make the essay stand out.</p>
<p>I’m going to edit it tonight, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t talk at all about the lake. I might have mentioned as proximity to Chicago as a reason why I gave it a second thought and did more research, but after researching the school and visiting it isn’t the number one reason for me wanting to go there.</p>
<p>Any of you want to read it?</p>