<p>"Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?"</p>
<p>When my AP English teacher went over this prompt with us on the last day of junior year he pointed out that in the second sentence the UCs go from 5 things to write about to two which are "quality or accomplishment." I would appreciate if anyone can help me. I am profoundly confused right now.</p>
<p>I would guess he was talking about the way the sentence is worded; in the first one, they’re asking for five specific things (a personal quality, a talent, an accomplishment, a contribution, or a experience). In the second sentence, it drops to two (a quality or an accomplishment).</p>
<p>I think the gist of what he’s saying is that the UCs are putting more of an emphasis on a quality or accomplishment than a talent, contribution, or experience, and that if you write about a quality or accomplishment your essay might be stronger. Don’t take me word for word; I’d ask your teacher if he’s still around what he meant.</p>
<p>I agree with BCDragon. The emphasis strikes as a little bit obvious in that the UCs definitely would rather hear about a quality or accomplishment. Other experiences could be mentioned to supplement the first two.</p>