<p>Hi, I'm just wondering if I can write about two or more people who influenced me, or if Princeton wants me to write about only one...
I know the prompt says "Tell us about a person..." but does this really mean only one?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I would rather be safe than sorry, I’d just write about one.</p>
<p>I don’t think they would mind, as long as your essay is good.</p>
<p>No, obviously “one” means “two.” Doesn’t it always?</p>
<p>It’s a matter of reading the prompt – “a” is a singular person. Now, if you were talking about a pair like the founders of Google, or Mr. and Mrs. Obama as parents or something like that, it’s different because they might as well be one person because they are inseparable.</p>