<p>For those who responded to questions 2 or 3 for princeton's supplementary essay options [the ones with the quotes], did you specifically connect your essay back to the quote or did you just use the quote as a "jumping off point" as the questions suggest?
I'm not sure whether to integrate the quote directly into my response or not..</p>
<p>I used it as a jumping point. I did have a phrase repeated at the end of my essay that the quote shared, but the quote and my essay were far from talking about the same thing. Many people interpreted the one about the questions as dark, probing the essence of life and death (something philosophically grim), but I wrote a humorous, light piece.
If that helped.</p>
<p>I did write like a “meaning of life essay” but it’s not very darkly written. That’s not your question however. You do not have to repeat the quote, I didn’t literally do it, but in my conclusion I did use the words “unanswerable question” so the connection was clear. Hope it helps</p>
<p>I used prompt #3, and at one point in my essay, I did talk about the nature of unanswerable questions. But no, I didn’t explicitly reference the quote.</p>
<p>My dad thinks I should have, haha XD</p>
<p>K thanks guys, it def helped. It’s nice to know other people’s interpretations…jjavdm, I ended up doing pretty much the same thing you did. I’m actually surprised most people interpreted the quote as a ‘meaning-of-life’-type thing…that thought never crossed my mind while I was looking at it. interesting. I’m sure that quote spawned a lot of really unique essays</p>
<p>Yeah, everyone looked at it differently, and it really doesn’t matter I think. Some people experienced like very heavy things, others haven’t and that is the difference i guess. For me it was that three kids in my class died in a car crash and that is like the jumping of point, but in the end it’s about why should we ponder questions like “what is the meaning of life” and that that seems pointless to me. IDK if its good, but it really shows my thinking and how it changed me. I hope its not generic/cheesy.</p>
<p>I copied part of the quote verbatim into my essay and said, this blablabla is the “unyielding stone” (is that what it was??) in my life, etc. Kind of boring but I had 2 days to write the essay.</p>
<p>^What was your essay about??</p>