<p>I just wrote 2 essays with open prompts and I talked about: </p>
<li>how my parents never came to any of my school/ec events as a kid and how that made me more independent</li>
<li>how i became a better leader through my environmental club.</li>
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<p>The first is well written, but covers too common of a topic, and the second is too boring
After much outside critiquing, i realized that neither of these are strong enough for the schools I’m applying to (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.) </p>
<p>(please pick the 2 you think would be most interesting, memorable, and significant/encompassing many aspects of my character)</p>
<p>Possible topics:</p>
<p>significant person-through my holocaust art competition, i met the woman who I used as a starting point for my painting-i was surprised that she was at the ceremony, and she made me not only want to go to an east coast school, but also taught me forgiveness, courage, etc.</p>
<p>leadership-how i convinced people that digging through trash cans for water bottles is worthwhile</p>
<p>random-how i’ve had a digital watch forever and how i’ve learned to not let time control me</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>-my inability to read road maps because i lack spatial skills (this is for real. i get lost all the time) and how it has affected my definition of intelligence + my inability to do logic puzzles though i have straight As, helping me see the different qualities in my classmates/my capacity for growth?</p>
<p>family-how my father’s work in China has made me realize the way my own work was isolating myself from family/friends</p>