YES I’M LAST MINUTE BUT I DIDNT REALIZE THERE WAS AN ESSAY FOR THIS.
I’m writing about how temporary is my favorite word bc of the concept.
So i wrote a little story about getting lost in the mall and getting really angry but losing those feelings bc they are temporary.
i wanna link it back to being hurt etc and saying how its gonna end because one way or another there is help.
is this a bad idea
I don’t know…
Your essay has to reflect YOU, so only you know if “temporary” is truly your favorite word.
Is it, really?
A favorite word says volumes about your world view, and your view of yourself, so choose carefully.
To me the idea you presented has a negative connotation…while it’s true that many difficult experiences are temporary and there’s wisdom in the saying “this too shall pass,” choosing this as your favorite may suggest that your MAIN world view centers on pain/anger and its relief through the passing of time. Is that how you want to define yourself to UVA? Is your life mostly about pain?
i think its more about overcoming pain and understanding the idea that pain is temporary more than my life mostly about pain?? the anecdote wasn’t even serious. Its like yea you’re sad now but you aren’t gonna be in like a day or a year or 10 years bc its temporary even though you think its the end of the world
OK, if YOU feel confident of it, and it resonates with you I imagine any well-written essay could be fine. I can see the sort of Zen/Buddist potential in it ( transience of fleeting feelings, etc.)
BTW, I have NO experience with adcoms.
Procrastination, unprepared, impromptu, feverish, slapdash, hurried, urgent, desperate? 
Seriously, though, I hate these kind of questions.
wow all those words are literally me tho. its just UVA tbh i added it to my list 5 days ago and wrote the essays today lmao
What made you choose the favorite word prompt?
I think everyone has to answer it.
Inconceivable.
Princess Bride
Nope…there are choices. The prompts are posted each June:
http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2016/06/2016-2017-uva-first-year-application.html
Sorry for the misinformation; I didn’t realize we were discussing the 250-word essay. That same question was required for another school’s application, so I was confused (or confuzzled – my new favorite portmanteau. Come to think of it, portmanteau is among my favorite words).