<p>Hi everyone, this question has bothered me long.</p>
<p>I mean," why "essays are mostly the same for each candidate(people are telling the adcoms about how good the schools is, how many nobel laureates there are etc.)aren't they.</p>
<p>How can they serve to distinguish applicants since all the application process is about seeking the unique.?
How can we make "why" essays be special?
Why are they so welcomed by schools?
What exactly are the adcoms expecting of the why essays?</p>
<p>i guess colleges make WHY essays because they don’t want to be just another check mark on a long list of colleges one is applying to. The WHY question actually makes the applicant consider and evaluate his/her decision to apply.</p>
<p>WHY essays questions are really an opportunity to say WHY your a fit/match for a specific school… there not suppose to be a checklist of things you like about the school</p>
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<li><p>Because if you manage to say something original in that essay, it’s a way to REALLY stand out from the pack.</p></li>
<li><p>Roundabout story: Once, I participated in a management meeting about possibly firing an employee everybody liked, who was underperforming in various ways. After a while, the semi-retired former COO, who barely knew her, asked “Is she happy here?” And we all realized that (a) we didn’t know, and (b) it was a great question, because part of the problem was that it wasn’t clear that who we were, professionally, was who she wanted to be. And if she wanted to be a different kind of person than our structure and culture required, she was never going to be happy with us trying to fit her into our mold.</p></li>
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<p>Before we hired her, we should have asked her “Why us?” Her answers, if they were honest, might well have helped us understand why she might not work out.</p>
<p>first tell me why people ask stupid questions.</p>
<p>^^ agreeed</p>