Can I Use The Common App Topic #1 For (Almost) Anything?

College Essays
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<p>"Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story."</p>

<p>This is pretty vague, so can I write about my passion, which developed from my upbringing? Or is that off-topic? I want to be sure to address the prompt, but I don't know if writing about my passion, which is not school-related, would be a looked at as not following directions. I guess I just want to write about my own topic, which would pretty much be a personal statement.</p>

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<p>Basically. That’s what I took it as when I wrote mine, it’s sort of a catch-all.</p>

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<p>I was thinking about this earlier.
Technically you can, but you really should write about something that would answer the question and actually bring out your character !</p>