<p>Like every student, I do not want my essays to be typical. I also do not want to seem like I am stretching the limit to appear diverse. My ideas so far are:</p>
<p>How I went from a homophobic shy bible-belting girly-girl to an openly lesbian, faithful yet not religious, who is still a girly-girl and is moderately outgoing. (How I challenged a belief)</p>
<p>About being in my backyard making mudpies and how teaching this art form to my little cousin and just teaching children brings me joy. (favorite environment)</p>
<p>About how I failed to convert my dying alchoholic uncle to christianity when I was younger, my first significant failure in life, and how I learned from this experience. (failure)</p>
<p>Which of my ideas are your favorite? Do these seem like they could be decent essay topics? Any critiques?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I think any of these could be interesting.</p>
<p>To me, the failure one sounds the most cliche out of the bunch, as interesting as it still is. I think it runs the risk of talking more about your uncle than about yourself. I think failure essays generally have a very high risk factor for cliche in general, though.</p>
<p>The mudpies one sounds really cute and unique, but again I think you run the risk of talking more about the mudpies/experience/your cousins than about yourself. 
Obviously, I don’t know what you’re going to write, but it sounds to me like it may be a bit difficult to write a long essay about this and not have it sound monotonous.</p>
<p>I think your transformation one could be really interesting… just reading the summary, I want to read this essay, haha. I believe it would give you an opportunity to show what you would contribute to the college - challenging your own beliefs, being an accepting person, etc.</p>
<p>Again, I think any of these essays could work very well, as long as you take a positive outlook on them, but I personally like the first one the best. Good luck!</p>
<p>Personally, I would go with the second one; it describes something your passionate about, and would be good if you’re planning to go into teaching. It seems to me that the first one focuses more on how your beliefs changed over time more than how you directly challenged them. “Still a girly-girl and mildly outgoing” feels superficial, like a dating profile, no offense. The third feels like it carries a strong religious bias, which is touchy and could end up affecting you negatively depending on who ends up reading your essay. I would generally suggest steering clear of religious topics unless you’re applying to a religious school for that reason.</p>
<p>Love the first one!</p>
<h1>2 - cliche idea imo (teaching kids and enjoying it)</h1>
<h1>3 - unique experience but im not sure if it would put you in the best light bc of the religious bias that sarahkay mentioned</h1>
<p>I would love to read the first one if you ever do write it, it sounds interesting. :)</p>
<p>I would write about the 1st one if I had to pick. It seems really interesting from an outside perspective and will set you apart from the rest of the applicants as well. You want to set yourself apart in this essay portion and the 1st topic does just that.</p>