<p>Is anyone else freaking out as much as I am about these supplement questions??? I've been staring at these questions for days.... no idea where to start. Help!</p>
<p>Appleton1,</p>
<p>My son just sent in his WF application last week. We read the answers over before he sent them. While there are a lot of questions, they are not that lengthy. I suspect WF does this to cut down on the safety/trophy applicants, which I think is a great idea. In any event, on the top 10 list, I know my son used humor (and have seen others on the board do the same) and ranked his ten favorite college mascots, and on the course title question he took it from a paper he had written at the end of last year. I think at bottom just be yourself and let your personality shine though (as well as your interest in Wake) and you will be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks muckdogs, great advice. The hardest part for me is trying to impress them without sounding like I’m trying to impress them. Anyone else have this problem? It’s a paradox. You’ve got to kiss their ass, without being too obvious about it (excuse my French).</p>
<p>Any student who seriously is interested in Wake is smart. The issue is bringing those thoughts onto paper. I recommend just writing on a Word document, not caring about word limit. I personally ranted on some issues for over ten thousand characters (even though we are only allowed 100 characters). Then, take your best ideas and cultivate it into a well presented essay. The best way to impress them is by your ideas. A good idea unlike over-sophisticated writing won’t sound like you are trying to impress them. This supplement took me forever to write and think of good ideas, but by the end it was well worth it.</p>
<p>Did it get cut off even though you wrote so much more?</p>
<p>No, it won’t physically allow you to write more. That’s why I wrote on a word document over a ten thousand characters. Then I took the best idea/ideas and trimmed it down to one thousand to fit in the common app supplement form.</p>
<p>I wrote all of my answers to fit the allotted amount of characters/words. Wake isn’t looking for complete genius answers or anything like that. They are looking for concise creativity. Do not stress about the application. Many of the questions can be answered in many different ways. Try to have fun with it - I think that will help.</p>