Hi everyone, I have a quick question about the “Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers” prompt. I’ve already written an essay for a different school that links two of the activities I did last summer and describes why they were significant to me. I really love this essay, and I was wondering if it would be okay to use it for this prompt? Or would they be annoyed that I didn’t follow the prompt exactly? Thanks so much!
If I recall this section from when my son did it, they were looking for a shorter response rather than a full essay. Given that Princeton will likely receive around 35,000 applications again this year, the priority is more likely to be succinct writing as opposed to whether the prompt is followed exactly.
If your essay describes what you did over the course of the past two summers within the word (or character) count limits, you are good to go.