<p>the one about describing your world and how its affected your dreams.</p>
<p>is it okay if i talk about a relative (sibling) and just focus my essay on that, because the trouble i found when talking about my whole family is that making a small paragraph about my parents sort of seems like a digression from my sibling. The part about my sibling will be relatively deep and focused so i don't want to make my essay sound unorganized.</p>
<p>Anyone think its okay to just talk mainly about one person, although of course I'll mention my parents in it as well (just not a paragraph dedicated to them)?</p>
<p>try to stand at a different angel to see this topic. the word " World " can have different meanings... you don't have to stick it to your family or background. think it over and try to catch readers' eyes.</p>
<p>so can we talk about an experience which opened ourself up to the world? this essay is really stumping me, or like helped us discover new things about our world, or the person we are?</p>
<p>They want to see where you're coming from. The whole college apps process is about the adcoms being able to know you after reading 500 words, and so they are trying to use this essay prompt to learn more about you based on where you come from and how you have adapted to it. They get tons of kids who say "I want to major in X!", but they want to know, what background has propelled you to want to major in X.</p>
<p>I struggled with this prompt a lot too :-/.</p>
<p>I haven't gotten to this essay yet, [I've got a checklist, I have so many to write >.<] but I'm really looking forward to writing it.
That might change after I START of course, but I think it's an interesting prompt, and gives us a lot of room for imagination.
@Noob, like susandaine said, "your world" can mean many different things. If you explain how your sibling and their influence on you is your world, then it will be both creative and still abiding by the prompt. In my opinion anyway ^_^".</p>
<p>i was just writing this prompt earlier, its about finished~
yea u can write about ur family, background, commnuity ,school etc. and how it shaped u~~
im writing about my background and how it shaped me, =p</p>
<p>You can write about a sibling, like Whistler09 said, but the major thing you should focus on is YOURSELF. I've read a ton of the essays that have topics similar to yours and focus more on the person they describe rather them themselves. This is a huge negative. Especially at schools like berkeley, ~85% of the applicants will have strong academics, SAT's, and extracurriculars. It's the essays that separate the most dedicated from the people who just do it "for the stats." So if you've got a topic that mainly focuses on your brother's impact and not YOUR reaction/change/trait, you might want to do a different topic. </p>
<p>Like others said, you'll have a better read from the admissions officers if you have some creativity in your essay. If you were reading a stack of 500 papers a day, you WOULD wan't to read something interesting, right? </p>
<p>I hope that I'm not too harsh, but everything that I've stated is from the experience of others. Good luck on your essay and I wish you the best.</p>