<p>Is this worth mentioning in the app, or writing about in the essay? It's dominated my life, it's not very common. I don't have any life-changing disease, accident, or anything -but I've changed significantly through dealing with someone exactly like me, even if I don't like to admit it, and there's a lot to say or write about.</p>
<p>At the same time, I love doing a lot of things, I keep up a lot of things that are important to me. I could write the essay about some of the experiences I've had after creating a community service organization to help out overlooked families in the area, or any number of other things.</p>
<p>All of them have changed me. I'm not sure if any of this is a hook, I guess that's part of what I'm asking, even though I doubt it, but I'm really just having problems deciding what to write about.</p>
<p>It could be an interesting topic, but I'm not sure saying "It changed me" is the best phrase, considering you've had this identical twin your entire life and haven't had to adjust to a new person always there with you. Now if you were identical twins separated at birth and you were reunited when you were like ten, yeah I'd say that would "change" your life. But not just having an identical twin by your side from when you're born. I understand what you're getting at, but "I've changed," doesn't make sense to me.</p>
<p>I'm an identical twin too. I never wrote about it, basically because there was no need since our applications kind of spoke for themselves with their similarities (we applied to all the same schools though, you probably didn't I'm guessing), but yeah it can be something interesting. I don't really see any clear disadvantage, and it could be an interesting look into who you are in real life, but it definitely won't swing you from accepted to rejected or vice versa, as long as it's well written it should act like any essay in my opinion.</p>
<p>But maybe someone who isn't a twin has a different opinion about the matter.</p>
<p>On the "it changed me" part, I just mean that if I didn't have one -I'd be completely different. I've had the twin my entire life, but she's influenced the direction I've taken in every single thing I've done.</p>
<p>I most likely won't mention it now.</p>
<p>I don't think I'll be applying to the same schools, unlike you, Sklog -honestly, for some reason, I've been put in exactly the same academic schedule as her for the past six years.</p>
<p>She's constantly been somewhere in my sight since as long as I can remember. I wouldn't mind different scenery.</p>
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<p>An essay is unlikely to be a "hook". It can, however, be a strongly positive factor in your application.</p>
<p>Don't imagine that the topic you write about is so important. Any topic can make for a good essay, or a bad essay. It's not the topic, it's what you do with the topic. How effectively you show something of yourself, and how interesting you turn out to be. The best topic for you is the one that you feel an authenticity about, that is you, that you almost need to write about. </p>
<p>What Admissions Committees really want is not any specific topic or thrust. What they really want is your authentic, unique, voice. What sets you apart from everyone else on earth? That's the target, though you don't need to write at that level to help your application.</p>
<p>Having a twin doesn't automatically make for a great essay. It could be a great essay, if you can show yourself well. But your essay could also turn out to be a cliche about twins. Write what feels right to you on the inside, not what appears unusual on the outside.</p>
<p>I wrote an essay that regarding my change from being a twin. I think it's a good topic if you present yourself well. You don't want to get caught up in cliches</p>