Advice and tips:
This is for University of Michigan located in Ann Arbor:
The point of supplements in the college admissions process is for officers to gain a better, well-rounded understanding of who you are as an individual that goes past the Common App and transcript. Here, you are asked to reflect on a community that you are a part of, how it has changed you as an individual, and what space/role you fulfill in this community.
This question gives you three separate parts to respond to: describe a community to which you belong and describe your place within it. It is important to always make sure that you are answering each part of the supplement! UMich is a university that prides itself in the openness and connection of its community, both between students on campus and between the university and the city of Ann Arbor. The school wants to read about how you grow, learn from, and contribute to a group setting and gain a better understanding of you socially.
Although community is commonly thought of as a large cultural or societal group, you have flexibility in defining what your community is. As stated in the question, a community does not only have to be geographic, ethnic, racial, or societal: consider groups to which you belong that share something in common with you, regardless of size. It can consist of various individuals who all have a specific interest in common, like a sport, an academic passion, an extracurricular activity, or consist of a tight group of friends who all have bonded over a particular idea or club.
Choose a group you belong to that has been most fundamental in shaping who you are, or that has been doing the most significant work that you are a part of. The university wants to hear your story of connecting to your community, and how you have both grown from it and contributed to it.
For instance, maybe youre a vegetarian, and you have a vegetarian recipes blog. You could discuss the connections youve made online (whether other bloggers or your audience), and how youve used your platform to discuss intersectional issues, like poverty and access to healthy/vegetarian food. Or, maybe youre part of the Minecraft community, and have collaborated with people around the world to develop plugins for the game.
The key is to balance your description of the community with your contributions to it. The essay, after all, should focus on you and who you are.
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