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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a really hard essay. It is easy to make it a “Why Michigan” essay, but they already have that essay. It is also easy to make it an activities essay, but that doesn’t seem to be what it is about. My DC is struggling on this one.[/quote]

OK, here I go again after having my advice called horrible and gibberish.  Probably by kids who are stressed out and overthinking this essay.

Make it more about leadership.  Has the applicant ever made a difference in a small or big way, and how as a college-educated person are they going to extend that learning to their adult life?

The reason this seems hard is because the instructions leave a ton of room to do whatever with this essay.  As I said above, the word on the street is to use it to convince that the candidate is a "leader".  And the definition of a leader can also be open-ended so that it's not just limited to student body presidents, etc.

If your kid has been the student director of a play, or been on student council, or done some meaningful volunteering, tutoring, anything...see what they can do with that.  It's not about the activity (or a laundry list of them) as much as the difference they made by participating in the activity.

Yes, this is not the "Why Michigan" essay.  Presumably you could still make the same difference in the world by executing your life plan at a different university.  Or offer the same unique perspective based on all the elements that shaped you, at a different school.  So it's not Michigan-specific, other than that leadership ties into one of the Michigan slogans.[/quote]

I saw Brandon on TikTok (TineoCollegePrep) say this essay shouldn't actually refer to Michigan at all.[/quote]

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