Emory Essays

[CaFlgirl]

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Hey everyone! Is anyone applying to Emory or applied in the past? I'm having trouble with the question that just says, "Autobiography." I understand they don't want to hear things like my favorite food, pet, and color, but there's no instructions or further directions about how to approach the question. Any suggestions??? Thanks!

 

[IcecoldPT]

Hey everyone! Is anyone applying to Emory or applied in the past? I'm having trouble with the question that just says, "Autobiography." I understand they don't want to hear things like my favorite food, pet, and color, but there's no instructions or further directions about how to approach the question. Any suggestions??? Thanks!

I just finish that essay a month ago, and basically i just focus my paper on a central theme and how it reflected my life.. I didnt want to bore the admission with a step by step account of my life. so pick a central theme about your life that you can talk about. If u need me to PM my essay to you i can.

 

[fejin757]

I just finish that essay a month ago, and basically i just focus my paper on a central theme and how it reflected my life.. I didnt want to bore the admission with a step by step account of my life. so pick a central theme about your life that you can talk about. If u need me to PM my essay to you i can.

Icecold, I've been having a problem writing the essay as well. Do you think you could PM me a copy as well? I'm looking for an idea of how to structure it. Promise I won't plagarize (how can you with an autobio? lol) 🙂

 

[fejin757]

Thanks man, looks good. Is this the kind of length they are looking for? Mine's already at 1500 lol

 

[IcecoldPT]

Thanks man, looks good. Is this the kind of length they are looking for? Mine's already at 1500 lol

yea..the limits 1400 characters..

 

[jchen707]

yea..the limits 1400 characters..

Are you talking about Emory's autobiography? Because mine's more than that but when I typed it into the PTCAS textbox, it didn't say anything indicating that i'm over the limit ... which did happen to me on one of emory's other supplement essays

 

[IcecoldPT]

Are you talking about Emory's autobiography? Because mine's more than that but when I typed it into the PTCAS textbox, it didn't say anything indicating that i'm over the limit ... which did happen to me on one of emory's other supplement essays

Yeah, the thing that sucks is that it wont let you know the character limit untill you click on save... so what i did was put a super long essay in all of my secondary essay responses and click save to see the limit for each question. you can always go back and change things after you hit save. hope that helps

 

[jchen707]

I've already saved mine on PTCAS .... it didn't say anything for me....

 

[CaFlgirl]

I just finish that essay a month ago, and basically i just focus my paper on a central theme and how it reflected my life.. I didnt want to bore the admission with a step by step account of my life. so pick a central theme about your life that you can talk about. If u need me to PM my essay to you i can.

Hey Icecold! That'd be great! Thanks so much. And thanks for the info on the character limit. That's not too long of an essay...

 

[CaFlgirl]

yea..the limits 1400 characters..

1400 characters with or without spaces?

 

[jchen707]

maybe i'lll call emory tomrrow and ask. bc when I inputted my essay for one of hte other emory supplemental essays, it told me I was over the limit when I tried to save, but didn't say anything for my autobiography.... weird

 

[IcecoldPT]

1400 characters with or without spaces?

with spaces

 

[shrutid08]

Icecold, I've been having a problem writing the essay too. Could please PM me a copy as well? I'm looking for an idea of how to structure it.

Thank you so much..

 

[Biffamber]

I just finish that essay a month ago, and basically i just focus my paper on a central theme and how it reflected my life.. I didnt want to bore the admission with a step by step account of my life. so pick a central theme about your life that you can talk about. If u need me to PM my essay to you i can.

Hey Icecold,
I know this thread was posted a while ago but I am also having trouble with this essay. I was wondering why you suggested against recounting my life or the most important parts of my life?

 

[SoulTraveler]

Hey Icecold,
I know this thread was posted a while ago but I am also having trouble with this essay. I was wondering why you suggested against recounting my life or the most important parts of my life?

Hey biffamber,

I see you're the most recent post. I'm struggling to get started on this autobiography. Could you provide any suggestions?