Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
Topic of your choice.
(I was rambling and kind of just answered all of the question topics, I am putting it under "Topic of your choice". I find that the only way I can write essays is honest, straightforward, no nonsense way.)
I have been starting and stopping, typing and erasing, opening and closing this essay for the past few weeks. I just don't know what to write. Uninspiringly, I don't believe there has been any significant experience, achievement, or risk that I have ever taken, and I have never been faced with a ethical dilemma that tried my ethics hard enough that it impacted me or concerned me.
The concerns I have are the same of many, some which impact me on a small level and some that show me I am only one of several billion people. Personally, I have concern that I won't get accepted into the college I've always hoped to attend and won't figure how to pay for it all fast enough. Locally and nationally, It concerns me that I see girls who are too young to drive, pregnant and like everyone else the debt of the US and the debt of the citizens concerns me. Internationally, the parentless children, the sick receiving no help, and the small problems that light never sheds on cause me great concern and have influenced the life I want to lead.
My life overflows with people that influence me, and they all have helped me grow into the individual I am today which is, what I can only hope, a responsible adult who makes good decisions. Every book I read, and character with who's eyes I see the world through are stuck in my memory and several times I have said to myself what would, say Elizabeth Bennett or Sherlock Holmes do and what would their counterparts, Jane Bennett and Dr. Watson say.
I feel like, to some degree, every student struggles to figure out something to write about, but you can't use that as a subject. Also, don't cop out and write a general sentence-answer for all of the prompts. Definitely don't say that there has never been any experience that shaped you, new experience that you've tried, or situation that made you think; even if it's small, you can make it big with the way you write it. My suggestion would be to look at some other essays for inspiration, then zone in on one specific topic that can really bring the specifics about your background, personality, and goals out.
I know the feeling. But just pick anything that you feel is important to know about you, then pick some story you can use to bring that out, and no matter how much you think you've botched your words, we can help, and your essay will already be better than those of all the people following cliched topics instead of writing something personal...
I erased this one and wrote and finished a different since, I really like it and its very personal to me. I think I found a way to be honest and straightforward with out sound bored and sarcastic haha. Thanks for your input. I would love if you would check my new one out. Its under MY OWN PLANET. WRITING AWAY. COMMON APPLICATION. TOPIC OF YOU CHOICE. THOUGHTS?? It should be on the main page as newest posts. thanks again
i have the same problem when starting my essays! But what helps me is to make main points and then evidence under each point to support your reason.
something that will help this essay is to use your writing to show, instead of just telling. such as showing the reader how you were inspired by a person instead of just saying you were.
