Another question about responding to diversity prompts (I know, I know). Typical situation; middle class white kid, straight, cis, no immigrant story, no nada as far as demographic diversity goes.
What I do have is a really broad set of interests. I majored in a combined neuroscience and philosophy program, have worked summers as a handyman/volunteered as a stage carpenter all throughout high school and college, passionate about oral history (with an EC to back it up), am hardcore into cooking (like, throwing multicourse dinner parties for 8-10 people every month) but also spend a lot of time restoring vintage motorcycles, have spent years getting into yoga and outdoor bouldering, did a cultural exchange program where I lived and worked on an Australian sheep farm for the summer, am a classically trained cellist... you get the idea.
When I think about my own uniqueness, both in my own mind and in what surprises/interests people I meet, the main point is the totality of all the above, the attitude that has let me seriously pursue so many different things. I'm really enthusiastic about all of it, and I think that's emblematic of my overall mindset; I haven't found an activity or topic I couldn't find some way to be excited about.
However, when I go to write an essay about that mindset/attitude, it just ends up looking like a long form resume (especially when I'm working with a word limit). And most of the advice on diversity essays I've seen has said choosing one or two things that make you unique is the way to go.
My question is, do you see "my broad interest/enthusiasm as a separate entity, using all my stuff as evidence" being a viable topic, or am I better off choosing something from that pile and trying to make it sound like that's my most unique thing?
Thanks in advance for the help!
