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[airrick16]

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One Tufts essay is: which historical figure would you have over for dinner and what would hope to learn from them? It says specifically, outside the realm of the animal realm. My first thought was C.Darwin, a man I respect a great deal, but I'm afraid this would be considered animal related. My next idea was Da Vinci, but apparently he was somewhat of a recluse and liked to dissect cadavers to study the anatomy. Not exactly dinner table conversation. Also not much detail is known about his personality aside from his illectual curiousity.

Any incite into how to attack this? Who would you choose? I'm a guy, so no to Jane Austin or Virginia Wolf

 

[Angelo84]

One Tufts essay is: which historical figure would you have over for dinner and what would hope to learn from them? It says specifically, outside the realm of the animal realm. My first thought was C.Darwin, a man I respect a great deal, but I'm afraid this would be considered animal related. My next idea was Da Vinci, but apparently he was somewhat of a recluse and liked to dissect cadavers to study the anatomy. Not exactly dinner table conversation. Also not much detail is known about his personality aside from his illectual curiousity.

Any incite into how to attack this? Who would you choose? I'm a guy, so no to Jane Austin or Virginia Wolf

You could go with Da Vinci have you ever had dinner with a bunch of vet students? I can't help with historical figures I greatly dislike history.

 

[aspiringDVM]

One Tufts essay is: which historical figure would you have over for dinner and what would hope to learn from them? It says specifically, outside the realm of the animal realm. My first thought was C.Darwin, a man I respect a great deal, but I'm afraid this would be considered animal related. My next idea was Da Vinci, but apparently he was somewhat of a recluse and liked to dissect cadavers to study the anatomy. Not exactly dinner table conversation. Also not much detail is known about his personality aside from his illectual curiousity.

Any incite into how to attack this? Who would you choose? I'm a guy, so no to Jane Austin or Virginia Wolf

I don't think that Darwin is too animal related at all. If you could pull it off you could go for someone totally obscure that no one else would ever choose and write about them in a quirky and amusing manner
On a different note, I am now thanking my lucky stars that I decided not to apply to Tufts!!!

 

[twelvetigers]

Yeah, that's a tough one. I bet they specify the animal realm thing because they would get 200 papers about Herriot otherwise. Lol.

"Historical figure" is pretty vague. Napoleon? A Queen or King? A Conquistador? Jesus? Lol. Ghandi, Dalai Lama (not even sure I spelled that right, sorry)... Timothy Leary? Bill Hicks? You can pick whoever you want (and notice it doesn't say they have to be deceased, so you could pick someone current) ... just pick someone you think you could really write about, because that's what will matter the most.

Is Kurt Vonnegut a historical figure? Where is the line drawn? Hmm...

Good luck!

 

[Nexx]

I'd avoid Darwin. Even if it isn't 'too closely' animal related it's a bit cliche in my opinion same would hold true for Ghandi, etc. I'd try for something more original (which Da Vinci would be fine probably), I'd just shy away from typically animal related folks.

Sigh.. I have my own paper on Biosecurity due in 4.5 hours... 800 words to go :/

 

[nyanko]

I wonder if Jim Morrison counts as a historical figure...

 

[twelvetigers]

He should!

 

[TrocarKarin]

Every time I read this thread, I start giggling because I can't stop thinking of the Demetri Martin episode where Franklin, Galileo and Shakespeare get kicked out of TGIFridays.

 

[twelvetigers]

Galileo always was the frisky one.

 

[airrick16]

If you could pull it off you could go for someone totally obscure that no one else would ever choose and write about them in a quirky and amusing manner
On a different note, I am now thanking my lucky stars that I decided not to apply to Tufts!!!

Exactly thats waht I wanted to do. But how to make it quirky and funny? And most importantly what would you ask...aside from how do you like your steak? Let's I say i DID pick Da Vinci? 😕

As far as what constitutes a historical figure, I assumed the person had to be dead or pretty close to it ala Ronald Reagan of 5 yrs ago.

 

[nyanko]

Maybe you should pick someone you would actually have questions for then instead of someone to impress the adcom. If you pick someone because it's "different" or "quirky" but don't really have anything you'd want to discuss with them, it's probably worse than picking Darwin or Herriott and having a ton of things you'd want to discuss. I'd think the second scenario would yield a better all-around essay. Just my opinion though!

 

[ImaJerseyGirl]

I wonder if Jim Morrison counts as a historical figure...

I vote yes on that one as the giant poster of him watches me from across the room!

I am working on the Tufts app as well. For that question I am working around the trying to tell them what they want to hear vs what I actually sound like! What hobbies do you have? Anyone historical related to them that you could talk about?

 

[guppy73]

What hobbies do you have? Anyone historical related to them that you could talk about?

This is a great idea to get you going! One other suggestion: Watch The History Channel for a bit, and see who fascinates you. Why do you find (insert name here) so intriguing? Maybe that will help get the creative juices flowing.

We had this option last year as well, along with 2 others (What position would you play on a sports team & why? What is your favorite art form & why?) I chose the former of the two and had my best ideas while watching the Olympics.

Whatever you choose, good luck! I hope to see all of you next year!!!

 

[quantized]

I would totally Anne Boleyn that one up and get the scoop, Paul Harvey style.

 

[david594]

I would totally Anne Boleyn that one up and get the scoop, Paul Harvey style.

".... and thats the rest of the story. Paul Harvey. Good day!"