Optional Essays

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  TorontoVSall Alum Member

  November 2019 104 karma

  Write an optional essay if its a topic you can actually engage with. I wrote one for UofT on diversity, because I grew up as a mixed-race child in a deeply racist part of the world and ended up moving to Canada when I was 12 so I felt like I had a story to tell. I wouldn't write one just for the sake of writing one, but truth be told I believe everyone has valuable unique experiences and perspectives that they can tap into.
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  Woodsy_567 Member

  November 2019 257 karma

  I think it’s a good idea. One of the admissions reps at Stanford called it a miss opportunity to not do the optional essays (aside from the diversity one, which depends on your circumstance).