Secondary essays

[sunshine02]

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For typical essays like the greatest challenge and diversity ones, is it ok to talk about something that happened in middle school? It would involve describing a very unique activity that was done in middle school...I just don't know if I should go that far back. Any opinions?

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

For typical essays like the greatest challenge and diversity ones, is it ok to talk about something that happened in middle school? It would involve describing a very unique activity that was done in middle school...I just don't know if I should go that far back. Any opinions?

Weak sauce. You haven't done anything notable since then? Think harder, I'm sure you can come up with something more recent.

 

[takeurmeds02]

That thing that happened in middle school has to be nothing short of monumental for it to still be relevant.

 

[Lancer]

Most people say for something like greatest challenge it should be limited to college experiences.

However, I've always wondered at this, since it asks "greatest challenge," not "most recent challenge" or "greatest challenge in the past four years." By limiting oneself to the past four years, it excludes the majority of our lives, during which we may very well have had a greater challenge than we did in college.

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

Most people say for something like greatest challenge it should be limited to college experiences.

However, I've always wondered at this, since it asks "greatest challenge," not "most recent challenge" or "greatest challenge in the past four years." By limiting oneself to the past four years, it excludes the majority of our lives, during which we may very well have had a greater challenge than we did in college.

I took a HS experience, that after an accident, overcoming the fear!! Greatest was the key word for me.

 

[Goro]

I wouldn't suggest it, the danger is that you might come off as appearing immature. Your experiences as a child and how you view them are very different as when you're an adult.

For typical essays like the greatest challenge and diversity ones, is it ok to talk about something that happened in middle school? It would involve describing a very unique activity that was done in middle school...I just don't know if I should go that far back. Any opinions?