<p>I have written many essays for other college applications but this one is just stumping me. Could anyone just post suggestions for what they talked about or any ideas for a completely stumped person such as myself?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>talk about what you want to do at duke, what talents or energies you'd bring. they want to know what you will add to the university, not just "it has a good basketball team and princeton review ranks it kind of high and yeah."</p>
<p>I talked about the diversity at Duke. I found stats for the Duke, and then stats for minorities in business in general (the field I <em>wanted</em> to go to). I discussed Duke's commitment to diversity as demonstrated by this and several culture clubs.</p>
<p>i wrote about soccer (my main ec) and what values it has taught me (time-management, commitment, respect etc). i went on to discuss that wheni visited duke, i found my personality and whatnot in the Duke enviornment.</p>
<p>how could you guys write all that in 1-2 paragraphs?</p>
<p>they were on the lengthy side, but not to the point of obscenity</p>
<p>Hey, is anyone writing an essay for the section about "meaningful activity"? If so, how long was yours? The app says 1 or 2 paragraphs, ...would a 500 word additional essay explaining an activity be going overboard?</p>
<p>does it have to be specific? (tweety114, did you write exact statistics and stuff?)
or is it more like.. "i like diversity and strong engineering program..blahblah" </p>
<p>??</p>
<p>i know a friend who wrote about specific professors at duke, etc, but i'm sure that's not necessary. i wrote about why i loved engineering, why duke was a fit for me, and why i would excel there. :)</p>
<p>Like qubic's friend, i wrote about what major i wanted to do, and some of the top professor's involved in it at duke. I don't know how much this helped, but i did get accepted ED. From what i've heard from the admissions officers, thousands of kids just write these really general essays (ie "I want to go to Duke bcz it's a good school, and fun too!). I would suggest being as specific and as in-depth as possible about what you want from your experience at Duke. Name names!</p>
<p>chuckleybob, do you mind sending me a copy of your essay, i did the same thing as you but im not sure if its too general or not, id just like to compare. please</p>
<p>i would like to do same. Chuckleybob if you dont mind, please pm me :D</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>the same?!!</p>
<p>roflmfao</p>
<p>omg
i just realized just now, that on the why duke essay (which i made from the why penn essay) i forgot to replace Penn with Duke on a sentence. lmaoooooo, they are gonna get a good laugh out of this</p>
<p>"blah duke blah duke blah blah blah duke duke duke i love duke its awesome blah
I feel that if I am able to attend University of Pennsylvania, I am guaranteed an intense mental challenge. Duke Duke Duke blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah. Duke."</p>
<p>oh man i hope i get an alumni interview so i can laugh it off with him/her
COMMUNITY COLLEGE HERE I COME</p>
<p>blah</p>
<p>damn, that sucks...though i would say about 75% of my friends at Duke (and I) chose it over UPenn (the actual cross-admit percentage of people who choose Duke over Penn is around 65%) so I don't think admissions will be threatened or anything...which i guess is good news for you lol</p>
<p>i would actually much rather go to penn because its 10 minutes from where i live now and i love philly. but duke is a great school and im sure many would choose it over penn. im just hopin they dont rip up the app and ignore it.</p>
<p>the only reason someone would choose penn over duke is for undergrad business, you would not have to go to grad school, EVER! but im still applying to duke only</p>
<p>Would anyone be willing to proofread my essay and/or send me theirs so I could compare? I'm also having the problem of knowing whether or not mine is too general. Help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>to chuckleybob: I found a list of faculty members, but how exactly did you incorporate them into your essay besides something like "I am thankful that I would be learning stuff from people like X, Y, and Z?"</p>
<p>I just talked about how working with a certain faculty member and learning from their skills/expertise would really benefit me in what i am choosing to study.</p>