Hey everyone!
I’m having a hard time deciding on an essay topic, and I think I finally found one that can either go with prompt 2:
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
or prompt 4:
Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
I was thinking about writing about my aerophobia or aviophobia, which is an extreme fear of airplanes. I plan to talk about my love for exploring different countries and culturess and how this phobia caused a big problem and formed a big obstacle for me, but I also want to talk about how I completely overcame this fear: I talked to people like my family and a therapist, but I also I started doing a lot of searching and started to learn about the science of airplanes. I read a lot and watched videos about how airplanes work, I studied the role of the important parts of an airplane, read about the tests they run before selling the airplane, etc.
Do you think I could write about this topic? If I can, does it go in prompt 2 or 4?
Thanks a lot!
If it is to fit into prompt #2 my question is what was the outcome? I think you have an issue that you found a solution for but I’m not sure if the outcome was significant enough to reach this prompt. What the outcome to travel and vacation? If so, ho hum. I don’t see how that is really what they are looking for. Was the outcome so that you could go on various mission trips? That seems a bit different. KWIM?
For prompt #4 that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Your essay idea might fit better here. My thought is to include how you learned the process of solving a personal problem and can now apply this to future problems in your life. To me, this makes it a bit more meaningful with long-term growth from the experience. It also tells me that your mindset is that should you face obstacles as a college student, you will have a strategy to solve them.
Just my thoughts for whatever it’s worth.
Yes, this could be a good essay. Remember that topic of your choice is a prompt, so I wouldn’t worry about trying to fit a specific prompt.
Alright, I’ll make sure to take what has been said into consideration, thank you so much!
By the way, is there any way someone could read my essay and tell me their opinion? This essay is really stressing me out and I want to take as many opinions as possible before sending my application
A lot of kids ask here to have someone read their essay. I’m a bit of a cynic in that you shouldn’t allow a stranger to do so. You just don’t know enough about the reader to know if their insights are truly of value. Try a trusted English teacher or someone else instead. JMHO.