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Write What You Know!

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The following are prompts for college\nessays are repurposed as story starters. You can write the about yourself or\nsomeone whose story you clearly know.

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a) Tell the roadblock(s) that were\nfaced.

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b) Describe what fears needed to be to\novercome.

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c) Explain how you or the person\nchanged.

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Idea Starters

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1. What personal achievement are you most proud of in your life\nand why? (Assistant Directors Guild)

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2. What is the greatest\nchallenge/adversity you have had to face in your life and how did you overcome\nit? What did you learn? (Assistant\nDirectors Guild)

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3.What is the best advice you ever\nreceived? Why? And did you follow it? (University of Pennsylvania)

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4.If you were to look back on your high\nschool years, what advice would you give to someone beginning their high school\ncareer? (Simmons)

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5. Tell us about the neighborhood that\nyou grew up in and how it helped shape you into the kind of person you are\ntoday. (Yale and the University of Chicago)

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8. Describe a risk that you have taken\nand discuss its impact on your life. (Kalamazoo College/93)

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9. If you had the gift of telepathy,\nthe ability to read other people’s minds, would you use this gift or not?\nExplain. (Middle East Technical University/93)

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10. Tell us about a conversation you’ve\nhad that changed your perspective or was otherwise meaningful to you.\n(Stanford)

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11. Sartre said “Hell is other people,”\nwhile Streisand sang, “People who need people are the luckiest people in the\nworld.” With whom do you agree? \nWhy? (Amherst)

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12. Tell us about a conversation you’ve\nhad that changed your perspective or was otherwise meaningful to you. (Stanford

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13. Select a technological innovation\nof this century and discuss its effects on your family, local community or\nnation. (Notre Dame/93)

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14. If you could hold a conversation\nwith someone (living or deceased) you consider significant, whom would you talk\nto and what would you talk about? Describe your conversation. (University of\nOregon)

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15. If you could go back and change one\nday in your life, what would you change and why? (Santa Clara University)

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16. Tell us about the most embarrassing\nmoment of your life. (Santa Clara University)

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17. Describe your most important\nacademic accomplishment or intellectual experience to date. We don’t want to\nknow about test scores or course grades, rather we want to know about your\ncreativity, your willingness to take intellectual risks or your affinity for\nscholarly endeavors. (MIT)

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18. Discuss the most important piece of\nadvice you have ever received and explain its effect on your life.

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19.Discuss a significant experience or\nachievement that has influenced your life.

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20. Discuss how some negative\nexperience (disability, illness, failure) has had a positive influence on your\nlife.

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21.How has your family history,\nculture, or environment influenced who you are? (University )

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22. Write about a person who has had a\nsignificant influence on you, and describe that influence. (Hope College)

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23.Do you believe there\'s a generation\ngap? Describe the differences between your generation and others. (Denison\nUniversity

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24. Princeton’s unofficial motto is\n“Princeton in the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations.” In what\nways do you imagine using your talents and convictions in service to\ncommunities—large or small—during your lifetime? (Princeton)

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25. “The important thing is not to stop\nquestioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be\nin awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the\nmarvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a\nlittle of this mystery every day.” ~ Albert Einstein. Write about a personal\nexperience or an aspect of the world that has engaged your curiosity or\ninspired awe in you. (Princeton)

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26. Choose one of the following topics\nabout which you would like to write: your family, friends, or another person\nwho has influenced you, the best and worst features of your secondary school, a\nrecent development in your community, a scientific or other problem which you\nwould like to solve, travel or living experiences in other.

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27. Select a technological innovation\nof this century and discuss its effects on your family, local community or\nnation. (Notre Dame)

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