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What should I write my college essay about?
What should I write my college essay about? I know it has to be very unique and really tell a story and I would really like some ideas as to what I can write about that would be compelling to admissions committees.
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Jacob’s Answer
I remember my college essay ended up being about my social identity and how the way I look and who my parents are shaped me. I would suggest looking at the essay questions for the colleges you're applying to and thinking about a personal time in your life that makes you think about that particular subject. If you're applying for multiple colleges: consider focusing in one on main story you would to talk about and each one but word or twist the story in a unique way depending on what the prompt is asking.
As an example: If you want to use a story about your time on a baseball team and you're applying to two different colleges. College A has a prompt asking for just a life experience and for you to describe how it shaped your character. Meanwhile College B is asking how you faced an obstacle and what you did to overcome it. For the college A application, you could try doing a bit more of an overview of your time on the baseball team, and in the College B essay, you could focus more on the stress of one particular game or something.
To sum up: Pick one moment in your life that you really wanna write about, and frame that moment to fit each of the essay prompts you're given.
Hope this helps and I wish you a good luck.
As an example: If you want to use a story about your time on a baseball team and you're applying to two different colleges. College A has a prompt asking for just a life experience and for you to describe how it shaped your character. Meanwhile College B is asking how you faced an obstacle and what you did to overcome it. For the college A application, you could try doing a bit more of an overview of your time on the baseball team, and in the College B essay, you could focus more on the stress of one particular game or something.
To sum up: Pick one moment in your life that you really wanna write about, and frame that moment to fit each of the essay prompts you're given.
Hope this helps and I wish you a good luck.
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Saahithi’s Answer
I would choose something that you are really passionate about and something meaningful to you. It will make it easy to write about and showcase a facet of who you are with the admissions committee, something that you really want to share with them.
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Gwen’s Answer
You should write your college essay about something that you are very passionate about or very engaged in so that it will appear in your words and inspire the reader