UWash: Essay prompt required or can I choose the other options

Essay prompt [required]
“Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.”
From this page (please look for CONTEXT): https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/how-to-apply/writing-section/

According to University of Washington this is the required essay for them, but its actually just from the Coalition App where you can choose this option as your “personal statement” among four others (and I prefer doing one of the others)… to the best of all your judgements is that okay?

Maybe call Admissions to check? Otherwise always stick with what they prefer.