<p>I thought it would be interesting to see some of the more unique/fun ones you guys came across.</p>
<p>One about stereotypes, one about Doraemon, one about music, one about running an online gaming community, one about curiosity and the meaning of life, another which I haven't written but helped a friend write, which dealt with sports and how it connected to her personal growth, and another about money. Jeeez that was a lot of essays</p>
<p>My favorite was Pomona's prompt.."Tell us about something that was just plain fun."</p>
<p>i loved pomona's fun essay the most. i had so much fun writing it</p>
<p>My best (that is, most well-written and original) essay was my generic Common App one, but my favorite topic was the second Princeton essay where you could write about one of their quotes or about your own favorite quote. This was mine:
Aside from that, I liked this one from Amherst (I ended up not using it, though):
[QUOTE=Scott Turow] Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't deliver.
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<p>what is your favorite word, and why?</p>
<p>best essay topic was MIT's what do you do for fun (although it was only 100 words). It lets you show how you're a real person and not just a piece of paper and test scores. It was a nice change compared to the usual essay topics</p>
<p>Yes. I agree. Though my favorite essay was... </p>
<p>PICK YOUR OWN.</p>
<p>OOOhhhh! I know. Creative.</p>
<p>for the common app diversity one, I wrote something like </p>
<p>"I am a white middle-class male from Ohio, and therefore cannot contribute to the diversity of any university. However, I am left-handed. According to a 2006 Johns Hopkins University study, left-handed males are 26% richer than their male counterparts. So if I go to <em>insert university</em>, I will be that much more likely to donate money as an alumni." </p>
<p>You all probably think I'm kidding.</p>
<p>Wow... hah... Actually, I think the stanford roomate was pretty original.</p>
<p>Wonderful, mastert tang!</p>
<p>One of the essays on the Tufts supplement. I didn't write it as I was accepted ED to my first choice school, but it did really inspire me and I was kind of looking forward to writing it : </p>
<p>"History's great events often turn on small moments. For example, what if Rosa Parks had given up her seat on that Montgomery bus in 1955? What if Pope John Paul I had not died in 1978 after a month in office? What if Gore had beaten Bush in Florida and won the 2000 U.S. Presidential election? Using your knowledge of American or world history, choose a defining moment and imagine an alternative historical scenario if that key event had played out differently."</p>
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<p>...and are you?</p>
<p>NYU's... what did you do last sunday? and the sunday before that? and the sunday before that? hahahah thats EXACTLY y i didnt apply :P</p>
<p>It wasn't "and," it was "or." Basically asking for anything you do on the weekends.</p>
<p>My topic would be 'what's the purpose of your life?'</p>
<p>I like this topic because this is the simplest topic and the answer is obvious: to be happy.</p>
<p>Q: write about something that you find humorous or intersting.</p>
<p>i wrote about fannypacks, lol, but after i submitted my essay..i suddenly realized that there was indeed something else that was funnier...farting</p>
<p>I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The Box on Caltech's application. It's a page-sized box where the applicant is direct to put down whatever he/she finds interesting. Personally that was my favorite. It didn't actually involve any essay writing at all.</p>
<p>U Chicago's Define a Mathematical Function that exemplifies you.
UVA's What animal would you like to be and why?</p>
<p>i didn't apply to either one of the schools, just thought they were interesting topics to write on ;p</p>
<p>i liked northwestern's what fictional character would you want as a room mate and why :)</p>
<p>Penn's "Page 217 of your autobiography" essay was the most fun for me, though I did it the same day the app was due. I really liked what I came up with :D</p>