<p>For everyone who has written or is working on their supplement essay so far- </p>
<p>Are you simply responding to your views on the quote? Or relating it to you as a person? I feel like I am not sure what Amherst wants to see from this essay. </p>
<p>Any advice would be great. </p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Well the college has 5 hand-selected essays somewhere on their site, I can’t seem to find the link but it was very useful.</p>
<p>The essays highlighted slice-of-life moments that revealed the character of the applicant, so I think it’s safe to say the intention of the essay is less about whether or not you are a persuasive writer and more about you as a person.</p>
<p>Obviously you aren’t ignoring the quote, just putting it into the context of your life, which is what the prompt said anyway. Just another chance to reveal to the college what your application cannot.</p>
<p>I completely talked about my life, very loosely connected to the quote. I kind of just used the quote as a jumping off point, and went from there.</p>
<p>They emphasize that the essay should be personal, so I think as long as you make sure it’s not just an analytical essay about the quote, and it says something about you are a person, that’s what they’re looking for.</p>
<p>Thank you both. Yeah, I did it last night and did the exact same thing.</p>