A common piece of advice is to avoid using cliche essay topics. What if everyone, or a large majority, were to not write a cliche essay? Would the cliche essays then suddenly be original? haha. sorry, probably a stupid question, but just something I was thinking about today
I don’t think so, the vast majority of people applying to colleges (and especially Ivies where everyone tosses an app) are not spending a significant amount of time on the essay and just writing about their mission trip or internship. Besides, these aren’t only cliche because they’re what everyone writes, they’re bad essay topics. Soo, don’t write a cliche essay if you want to be accepted.