<p>Hey CC! New here.</p>
<p>I've started the Tufts app and have three different versions of the first short answer written. I'm not sure I want to post them directly on the messageboard, but would anybody be willing to give me some feedback as to which one is best via PM?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Sure, I can take a look at it - I am an incoming frosh… send me the prompt, too</p>
<p>I can take a look as well. Same as Acceptd, I’m an incoming freshmen. I remember how hard it was getting that down to 50 words!</p>
<p>i can look at it too
i’m actually writing my own right now =0</p>
<p>I’d be happy to look at your various iterations, but I truly think the best advice is to be yourself, relax and have fun with Tufts’ optional essays—don’t over analyze. My D’s an incoming first-year, and the most fun she had with her apps was the Tufts’ extra essays. Also, be sure to look at the essays of accepted students on Tufts’ admissions site—you’ll see that the only “formula” to success is exploring one’s original voice. Again, relax and have fun.</p>
<p>The Dean gives almost the same advice as momiac in a blog post last year - [Supplemental</a> Insights](<a href=“http://deancoffin.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2008/10/10/supplemental-insights/]Supplemental”>Supplemental Insights | Inside the dean's office) - and it’s worth checking out. Scan the boards here on CC and you’ll see no shortage of Tufts students posting about how they “let loose” in their Tufts essays. We want you to feel you have the freedom to do that.</p>
<p>Momiac also mentions the essays we put up on our site. [Danielle</a> Mscovitch](<a href=“Tufts University”>Tufts University) writes about a facebook page she created. [Molly</a> Wallace](<a href=“Tufts University”>Tufts University) writes about the sort of wedding she doesn’t want to have. If it’s interesting, we’re excited to read it. I had the honor (and it really was an honor) to read Molly’s application and my favorite part of it was the mp3 she sent entitled “Soundtrack to the Lifetime Movie of Your Choice.” God, it was good, and exactly like every soundtrack to every lifetime movie I’ve ever seen (thanks, mom). I told Molly how much I loved that piece - which is basically an elaborate musical joke - and the way it balanced her intellectual ferocity by showing her tongue-in-cheek understanding of emotion and music. </p>
<p>Her response: “I felt completely free to be as strange and informal as I actually am. And I’m so happy you liked my MP3, as everyone told me it was risky to send that instead of another essay.”</p>
<p>There’s a moral here: relax and trust your instincts. And trust us not to appreciate that which you appreciate My advice when answering this question: imagine it’s the fall of 2010 and you’re coming to Tufts. What part of that has you the most excited?</p>