<p>There are always questions that show up that you wish it didn't show up... </p>
<p>For me, it was "Which novel did you enjoy reading the most within the past year?" </p>
<p>I don't read novels for fun...</p>
<p>that’s a Columbia University question on part 2, isn’t it? haha</p>
<p>sometimes reading isn’t so bad. the interesting non-fiction books are the best.</p>
<p>i don’t like the essay parts because i don’t like writing essays haha…</p>
<p>I"m fine with non-fictions, but too bad it specified novels. </p>
<p>Besides, putting down a non-fiction would make me look nerdy lol</p>
<p>I hate the “why this college” essays.</p>
<p>^ditto.
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<p>another vote for “why this college” essays… LOL</p>
<p>WHat did you do the last two summers?</p>
<p>SLEEEEEPPP (among others), of course I spun it while being honest.</p>
<p>I don’t like the “Why this college” essays either, but I guess the “Why this college” essays can set you apart so it could actually help you.</p>
<p>@gapyearstudent</p>
<p>that’s for St Lawrence Uni?</p>
<p>I really hated the activity short answer on the Common Application.</p>
<p>For some reason, NYU’s short answer about what the movie about your life would be like totally killed me. I wrote about 10 different drafts of it before finally coming up with something I didn’t hate.</p>
<p>Clark University: “Describe a time when you faced an academic or personal challenge. How did the experience shape who you are?”</p>
<p>Dude, I already did that one for my common app essay. Don’t make me come up with a second “challenge” essay when I’ve already used up all my best material.</p>
<p>Beloit College: “Applicants often ask, ‘What does Beloit look for in its applicants?’ The Beloit College Admissions Committee reads each application in its entirety and considers each student’s particular strengths, preparation, aspirations, and motivations for a challenging college education. That said, what should the Admissions Committee look for in you, beyond your transcript and scores, and why is Beloit among your college choices?”</p>
<p>This is probably one of the hardest application questions that I’ve ever seen: broad, vague, and multi-topic. I dread answering it.</p>
<p>“Despites [College X], what other colleges and universities will you apply to for admission in the fall?”</p>
<p>OMG. None of their business! I left it blank on all my apps (and almost ALL of them asked!)</p>
<p>^That’s the question I hated the most. Thank goodness only one of colleges I applied to asked it.</p>
<p>@MissPickwickian: I had the SAME EXACT PROBLEM with Clark’s.</p>
<p>Eugene Lang’s was pretty weird, too. The first one was very similar to Clark’s: “Describe a time when you were in the minority”. Strange, but understandable (college would be curious to see student’s answers) and doable. Second one was something about constructing your own government and how you would run it. I can see they are trying to test leadership/awareness, but it seems silly to imagine any 18 year old, even the most independent one, could create a government (even for a 500 word essay prompt). I do really like the school, but the essays were pretty tough.</p>
<p>I wasn’t too fond of NYU’s essays this year. Their famous New Yorker one and 2050 Movie were just horrendous prompts, in my opinion.</p>