secondaries narrative? or direct?

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For my secondary essays, should I be creating a narrative like my personal statement or would directly answering the question be enough? What is more useful to admissions secondaries or the personal statement?

 

[DokterMom]

That's going to depend on the question -- If the question lends itself to a direct answer and you got all verbose, after reading X-hundred applications, I'd get annoyed and welcome a short & simple answer or bullet list. But if the question is more open-ended and your answer is super-short, you leave opportunity on the table.

So if the question was: "How will you add diversity to the class?" the answer should be an essay. But if it were "What extra-curricular activities demonstrate the diversity you will bring to our class?" then a bullet list might be appropriate and welcome.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

The important thing is to stay on point and not drift from the question. No one like too much whip cream in their hot chocolate.

 

[Goro]

Don't regurgitate stuff that's already in your PS.

 

[gyngyn]

Answer the prompt with as little spin as possible.
We're all sick of spin.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

No one like too much whip cream in their hot chocolate

I beg to differ! But yes the point, as applied to secondaries, is spot on.

 

[Neuro25_]

Direct for sure