In one of my college applications, I was asked to describe myself in 5 words. This question took me about 2 hours to answer because there are so many words to choose from, but there seems to never be one word that captures who you really are. Your personality is made up of so many components while every word was created to describe one specific thing/idea. It's so difficult to find a word that's broad enough to cover multiple aspects of yourself but specific enough to make your traits stand out. And with this question, you always wonder, "is my word 'big' enough? Is this word too common? Do I sound cocky by using this word?" This challenge is mentally grueling because you never know where to start. What if you can't think of a word that doesn't describe exactly what you want? What if the word you use can mislead the admissions person to thinking you're something that you're not? So let me ask you this: what five words best describe you?
Just in case you were wondering, these were my five words:
Sarcastic, Meticulous, Easygoing, Peaceful, and Diligent.
This was the one question I always feared when I went to college interviews because you don't want to sound trite in your answer and you have to give them words to describe you right there on the spot. I got asked three words to describe myself when I visited Swarthmore and I think I answered it pretty well to show as much as myself that three words could. It's not that bad if you think about it before hand. Oh and those words perfectly describe you Lam especially Sarcastic!
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