<p>hello all. do you guys think it's okay to write about an amazing experience i had when i was 6 (almost 7) years old? obviously my memory is a tad fuzzy on the details but if i think the topic is relevant to my present personality/how i grew up, and i demonstrate this, do you think admissions officers will mind reading about an experience i had over 10 years ago?</p>
<p>An experience that you had that helped shape your current personality is exactly something colleges would be interested in. </p>
<p>Be sure to stress how that experience relates to who you are TODAY, however.</p>
<p>^Best advice, definitely.</p>
<p>As long as you follow that and write the essay so that it's fun to read, you should be fine.</p>
<p>argh. the only problem is demonstrating how this particular childhood experience is relevant to my present-day self without turning the whole essay into a longwinded memoir. what do you think is better: focusing on this one experience or dividing the essay into chunks and talking about 2 or 3 experiences (including this one from my childhood and another one in the recent past) that have an underlying theme?</p>
<p>I doubt that you will have room to meaningfully speak about several experiences, especially because you have to fit plenty about the present-day you in there. </p>
<p>I suggest you focus on the one experience and how it relates to who you are today. If you can't do that, perhaps you need a new topic.</p>
<p>you still have enough time that you should try both and see how they turn out.</p>
<p>If you're considering writing about it because it was an unusual experience, I think you should select another topic. Adcoms aren't judging essays by what's most unusual. Admissions officers are looking for essays that reflect on the writer's character and what the writer has to offer the college.</p>