>Think about the things that are important to you. Perhaps you care about creativity, family relationships, your career, or having a sense of humour. Pick two or three of these values and write a few sentences about why they are important to you.
What has this got to do with physics and why are universities so interested in students' private lives?
That's pretty much what my reaction would have been if they'd tried to give me an irrelevant flowers-and-kittens writing assignment on the first day of undergraduate physics. I'd probably be seriously second-guessing my choice of university if they did.
What has this got to do with physics and why are universities so interested in students' private lives?