<p>So, i've got about a day left. I've done Essay 2, and also Essay 1 before realising it was utter rubbish and scrapping it.</p>
<p>A bit about myself, I'm a solid student who goes to a very academic school. I have some sporting interests (2nd essay) and I also quite enjoy chemistry and economics. Economics is the main reason i've chosen to pursue a career in that field, finance/business.</p>
<p>Anythign i've tried to talk about has been generic, bad, cliche or irrelevant. I'm not an american so if i dont apply it's not the end of the world and i'm also applying to some other colleges in a month via common app.</p>
<p>any tips to get me going?</p>
<p>i've thought of talking about my academic school encouraging me to find what I have a passion for and to focus on that. </p>
<p>but besides that, i just feel like ive had everything given to me. taken advantage of some of it and generally led a pretty boring surburban life...</p>
<p>Well they don’t know you and they want to. They don’t know your life, has it been boring for you? What values do you have and where did they come from? What matters to you?</p>
<p>In your proposal, is there anything you found that you have a passion for and can you trace that back to anything? </p>
<p>Or you can spend more of it on the dreams and aspirations part. You don’t have to use the full word count if you find that you can sum yourself up in short.</p>
<p>thanks man! helps a lot, been freaking out the last few hours about it. especially after reading essays on here and the internet, they’re so damn good!</p>
<p>yeah, well i can trace back economics/finance interest to my dad working in that field. and as a role model to myself he created an image that i felt i had to live up to. </p>
<p>this was coupled with the added pressures created due to both my parent’s time and money being spent on raising me. consequently, i felt that i had to excel and this was only going to happen at somewhere I was good at. Consequently, I chose economics as well as science to work hard at in school. (should i talk about the rewards, i.e. doing well in the end, or not?) Unlike my country, america offers a far more liberal education where I can continue to expand my knowledge within these two subjects that I enjoy in order to return my parent’s sacrifices whether through money or happiness.</p>
<p>would that be alright, or still to cliched?</p>
<p>The trick with the UC prompts is to describe scenarios that actually happened to you. Then use those events to get across ideas or points. Work backwards. Find out what things you wanna say, then find out situations that help show those things, then write about those, then somehow find a way to link everything you said together.</p>
<p>my 2nd one is already a story type essay. i thought Essay 1 would work better for me as a bit more formal description of my world/parents and how they have influenced my dreams and aspirations.</p>
<p>woudl that still work? i’ve seen others do it so I figured it should be okay.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the first essay because I’m a transfer and my prompt is different. Second essay though - establish some ground for why you’re a good fit for business/finance with an experience or quality. I know the first essay is about the world you come from, and is much more personal, so you don’t get much of a chance to talk about your passion for economics. Do that in Essay 2. </p>
<p>The key to not being cliche is write a 100% honest, diary-like-but-more-formal essay. </p>
<p>What part of your character ties in with your major?
How did that part of you develop?
When you put aside everything else, and just think about your journey to finally picking your major, what REALLY drove you to business? Maybe a professor you really liked, a specific class of economics, some part of it that intrigued/fascinated you?</p>
<p>thanks for the tips! ‘diary like but more formal’ is a good way to convey the style of these essays</p>
<p>kinda changed my whole approach and i’m taking the ‘world’ thing pretty liberally and instead centring my 1st essay on my passion for Latin and why I like it even though it’s a dead language. So linking that to people saying it’s useless but also showing how my world is about learning more things that will be ‘useful in life’ but also things that are interesting (i.e. latin)</p>
<p>is that too far and i should go back to talking about parents and stuff?</p>
<p>Not a bad idea at all! It’ll be unique. Can even line it up with the similar notion people have of algebra - if you enjoy it, that is. Be careful to not come across arrogant or bash the rest of the world for thinking Latin is useless. Remember the reader may have that view too. When I write my essays I like to imagine the reader being a completely opposite personality, who would not tend to agree with me. Just in the case that is true, my writing shall be opinionated but not inaccessible. :)</p>