<p>Will someone read what I have written in response to the question "What did you do for the past two summers"?</p>
<p>It turned out to be a mini essay but still only 255 words (limit was 250 words). Looking for someone to give me their honest opinion. If interested, PM me and I will send it to you.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>yeah sure, but i don't think a very strong emphasis is placed here or its any judgment of your writing skills..they just want to know you weren't sitting in front of the tv every day.</p>
<p>What I wrote about is really important to me.</p>
<p>I am curious as to what other applicants wrote about. What I did for the past 2 summers is a true reflection of my personality and character. Therefore, this question probably has more meaning to me than most applicants.</p>
<p>So they don't actually expect this to be an ESSAY, just a summary? I'm sure I could make mine an essay, but I don't see why they would need one more sample of my writing abilities...</p>
<p>I'm interested to see how you manage to fit everything in 250 words</p>
<p>I'll get back comments ASAP</p>
<p>Yea, I had to cut a lot out in order to keep it around 250 words.</p>
<p>yeah, they just want to know what you did.</p>
<p>I am writing "interned at a law firm and took a cross-country road trip."</p>
<p>I'm interested...il get you some good feedback today</p>
<p>me too, i can read it and give u a comment</p>
<p>Hey - I have an answer but your inbox is too full to accept it...</p>
<p>I just cleaned out my inbox.</p>
<p>i can take a look too.</p>
<p>So those two questions asking what you did in the last two summers and what your most meaningful activity is are not supposed to be answered in very sophisticated essays right? Just plain and comprehensive descriptions?</p>
<p>And I would like to read your summer essays too.</p>
<p>Common application makes it sound like descriptions, princeton online application sounds like they want essays.</p>
<p>alwaysfaithful: For me, the operative words are "describe","meaningful", "you" and "why". To me, those are essay prompts.</p>
<p>For the "what did you do the last 2 summers question" - well, I guess the way you write your answer would depend on what you actually did. </p>
<p>There are essays and there are ESSAYS. The way I responded to the 2 questions will not be the same way I will write my 'real' essays although I did answer the questions is an essay format. My "real" essays will be much more creative and descriptive. May write vignettes but I would not answer these two questions like that.</p>
<p>Personally, I believe the adcom just wants to know what you did the past 2 summers; I don't think they expect an essay to come out of it. But like I said before, it depends what you did and how you convey it.</p>
<p>I have read some real essay drafts from other people here on cc. While a few were really good, the others were written just like the answers I wrote to these questions. So, perhaps what an essay is to some, it is not to others?</p>
<p>Sweetestsith: I took your advice and removed those 2 words. You were right, it kind of took the focus away from me. I am pretty certain the adcom people will be well aware of the economics in that part of the world. </p>
<p>One of my "real" essays will probably written about the dangers I faced. AFTER I had purchased a bus ticket for the 5 hour ride back to the city; I was told that there was a 100% chance I would get raped and/or robbed if I took that particular bus. That is the kind of stuff I will incorporate into one of my real essays in addition to the other challenges I faced and working with the poor children.</p>
<p>Neato - great ideas, they sound very interesting. Wild place - and you survived? lol</p>
<p>BTW, your inbox is full again, lol.</p>
<p>Taken care of.</p>
<p>Yo annandale, I want to know how your cross-country road trip went? I'd like to take one of those myself with a couple of guys in the next year, and I'd like any advice or feedback to see what I should do.</p>