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College Essays
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<p>Hi. I'm trying to write my Personal Essay right now so I don't have to deal with it when I struggle to get supplements done later. I was trying to brainstorm, during which I realized that I don't have a lot of personal experiences and that I would like to do something completely random (too bad I can't make the random relate to me). I know it's early, but I would appreciate any feedback on the options:</p>

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<li>My bed (pretty bad I know) that I slept in for the past 17 years and every kind of "me" that slept in it. I guess this could be about growing up, growing independent, childhood back in Korea, or etc. I don't know...there are A LOT of little things that I can elaborate in a sentence or two, but nothing that really connects to form a whole essay...
Or my couch (where I actually spend most of my days and some nights during school)</li>
<li>How I like to keep everything, even trash. I feel like that definitely isn't original?</li>
<li>A lot of not-so-great experiences: when I transferred a lady who was crying after her husband died to Medical Records when I volunteered at the hospital (I hate myself), couldn't even explain why I was absent (when the teacher asked what I was doing to verify I wasn't cutting) because I decided not to say "I was at orchestra" but instead do mini hand motion of moving the bow (I really hate myself), etc etc</li>
<li>My obsession with collecting paper and smelling paper. Idk what I would write</li>
<li>My obsession with telling people to chew with their mouth closed. This is actually due to strict parents when I was growing up, but now it just is because of my being mean because my parents aren't even strict and actually chew with their mouth open sometimes. But listening to people eat just makes me sick now...</li>
<li>Glasses. Again feel like it's overdone.
(7. Do you think it's okay to write about how much I miss my childhood and lament what on earth happened as I grew up?)</li>
<li>Weekly trips on the train. I don't have specific experiences, but I can do bunch of random things about what (and hopefully how) I see the world?</li>
<li>I originally wrote (in class) about the first memory I ever had, about seeing a happy person cry and not being able to understand why, but my teacher told me it needed work without saying WHAT. Maybe that could work if I decide to rewrite it in different format/words...</li>
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<p>Okay fine I realize that these pretty much aren't even choices (but I can't help it, it's hard! I'm not a nice person nor a person whom something happens to, so I can't really write anything about myself in a positive light T^T), and will continue to brainstorm, but I would still appreciate any input/help - any suggestions, any opinions to whether or not there is ANYTHING that somebody might WANT to read.</p>

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<p>I’m curious. What does paper smell like?</p>

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<p>Well paper smells pretty much the same…somewhat like trees and chemicals…hard to describe. Books vary - those shiny paper that people print color pics with smell somewhat sour, plain white pretty paper books have very mild paper smell, but I like the dusty smell of brown-paper paperback books (the cheap ones). </p>

<p>I’m not weird…</p>

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<p>We never said you were ;]</p>

<p>But just curious, what do you plan on writing about glasses or any of your obsessions so that it brings out something positive about you?</p>

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<p>Hmm…no idea. My English teacher gave me the impression that as long as we choose a random topic to write about, we can just go on and it’ll be the most honest essay. Worked for the journals in her class…but now that it REALLY REALLY counts, I’m going blank.</p>

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<p>OH (just thinking right now) how about how the glasses, which I chose in my seventh grade Health class to symbolize me, somewhat takes place in shaping me and my personality as a nerd? And maybe end it with getting contacts this summer so I can “break free” - of course not sounding so cliche…</p>

<p>Are essays about glasses overdone???</p>

<p>I could talk about how i ALWAYS ALWAYS wear a puffy coat in school during the winter (even with heating), but I don’t know how to put a positive spin on the fact I’m too self-conscious and lazy (they do relate to the why I keep on the coat…) Same with wearing the same sneakers everyday (when I got ****ed because my sixth grade soc teacher kept talking about “You can’t judge a person because they only have one pair of shoes! You never know what kind of hardships their family’s going through!” - some people just wear the same thing out of choice!</p>

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<p>It depends on your angle. You can write a great essay on a topic that others have done, as long as you don’t write about it from the same perspective.</p>