<p>I'm in the process of rewriting mine. do you any advice for how to write a really effective essay for this topic. anything would be great :)</p>
<p>please!!! i need to get this done asap and i'd really appreciate your advice.</p>
<p>Could you specify your question? What issues exactly are you troubling with?</p>
<p>well, i want to know how to make it interesting and effective.</p>
<p>Write about 1 activity and explain its significance in your life. Talk about personal growth and how it has influenced you.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Is that that third little essay box on the Common App–the optional one? Ugh, I think DS just did a bulleted list. But he got into his Common App school anyway, so go figure. :)</p>
<p>Personal struggles. Overcoming hardship: yawn
Academic successes: better</p>
<p>I don’t believe it’s optional. I just wrote list-like what I did, but I was looking at the samples on about.com (ie this one: [Short</a> Answer Essay - A Sample Short Answer Essay for the Common Application](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/qt/short-answer-essay.htm]Short”>Sample Short Answer Essay for a College Application) ) and it seemed I should get more thoughtful about it (which does make sense…). Of course, those are examples of good ones, not randomly chosen…</p>
<p>Why did you bump a very old thread?</p>
<p>But to answer your question, you should not write something like a list. It should reveal the activity’s impact on you.</p>