<p>It's a question in a number of applications that I saw and I can't really find the perfect answer for this one.</p>
<p>It's truly your opinion.</p>
<p>Let me guess, Stanford Supplement? I had a few really good ideas, but just think of some really cool historical events. Ask your parents, they might know of some really good ones.</p>
<p>I wish I could retire to another planet, like Mars, but that won't be possible in my lifetime.</p>
<p>Declaration of Independence.</p>
<p>Talk about a turning point in the history of the world.</p>
<p>That was an OSU question last year. How about writing about an event that could have been prevented?</p>
<p>You could go the pretentious route and choose some extremely obscure event and emphasize the importance of said event, like the death of Thomas Beckett, or you could go for the great, awe-inspiring events: D-day, Boston Tea Party, Constitutional Congress, Groundbreaking of Leland Stanford Jr. University (I'd lol if I was an admissions officer), or the Cal-Stanford "The band is on the field" play for a sports fan.</p>
<p>I'd personally like to do the day that man discovered fire or gravity.</p>
<p>I probably should have chosen one of these for my essay, and then omitted that one, but it's a little late now.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be too cliche and choose a topic like Boston Tea Party or like that. Conversely, I wouldn't choose something of very little significance and try to make it seem big. That's just me though. Choose something that would be important to you, such as the LHC if you're into particle physics (that was a bad example I know XD)</p>
<p>I'm curious as to how much you should write though. There's room for a good 50 words in the Stanford supplement O.o</p>
<p>You are over-thinking the question. </p>
<p>My son just answered the question honestly....some important play-off game that happened over ten years ago (baseball).</p>
<p>He got into Stanford...</p>
<p>woodstock :)</p>
<p>Ha ha I love the woodstock thing. Umm how about the treaty of versailles. It can be argued that because of that very treaty and the harsh ramifications it had on Germany, Hitler's Germany was able to come to power like it did. I'd prevent the treaty from being so harsh. No WW2, no communist russia being so powerful and no holocaust. Then again it was in part that ww2 helped end the depression allowing America to become the super power that it did. So there's a tradeoff I guess. Ok I'm going to stop before I officially turn into a nerd</p>
<p>Might wanna put yourself out there and say something like, The Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of communism that would trouble America for about 75 years.</p>
<p>Just be honest. And avoid clich</p>
<p>There really isn’t any correct answer. Even if you choose a major historical event, as long as you can make it sound honest/unique, it’s fine. </p>
<p>Going the non-conventional route is also fine, but in my opinion, it might be harder because you have to prove you’re not being different for the sake of being different.</p>
<p>Avoid events where the outcome was good and there was nothing you could have done to make it any better. (Moon landing, D-day)</p>
<p>Please use old threads for information only, do not post on them and revive them as other members often don’t look at the date and answer the OP (like bubbles did). </p>
<p>Closing old thread.</p>