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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]isn't lived experiences redundant? Colleges should be encouraging students to be clear, concise writers by avoiding such phrases. [/quote]

No, it’s not redundant. Read the thread. Plenty of explanations. [/quote]

Do you have an example of a personal experience that is not a lived experience?

Lived experience refers to experiencing something yourself rather than obtaining knowledge about something passively, ie through media or secondhand.

Writing about a non-lived experience in a college essay would be ridiculous.  Agree with the person above who said the word "lived" is redundant.[/quote]

An "experience" is going on a mission trip to "help" people in poorer countries. Lived experience is actually growing up in those conditions. You're welcome. [/quote]

Here’s another one:
An experience is volunteering in a homeless shelter and helping clients deal with addiction. A lived experience is growing up with an alcoholic parent and the impact that has on a child.

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That’s asking a lot to expect a young adult to process that experience and serve it up for the consumption of an admissions officer who wants to be entertained by a “compelling” application.

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Nobody is reading these essays to be entertained. If they were entertaining they'd be all over TikTok. And nobody is reveling in your kid's melodrama. They have their own lives to suffer through. The only question is whether or not the essay writer is self reflective and able to share themselves. They are a great way to figure out if the kid will be a good classmate. Someone who can hold a conversation about real life.

OP / PP - where is the issue?[/quote]

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