<p>my gosh, i've started so many threads today...</p>
<p>could somebody please give me ideas on what to write on the 400-500 word essay...i'm totally drawing a blank for good ones</p>
<p>what did you guys write about? i don't need a lot of detail; anything would be helpful </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>ok....I had massive problems with this too, but I finally got a solution. Think outside the box, less literally (I have serious challenges doing this). Have you written an essay already for another school? If it tells a lot about you which I'm guessing it does...try to adopt it...it might not be as impossible as you think. I know this is kind of vague, but don't interpret the prompts as literally and I bet something will come to you.</p>
<p>What do you want to do? Why? What influences have you had? What's your favorite color? Your favorite animal? (Once a girl wrote, "I like ducks." for the first line of her essay and got into Harvard. lol)</p>
<p>I think if it's not too cheesy, you can create an extended metaphor and relate it to something you're really passionate about.</p>