Can it hurt me to like studying?

Applying to College
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Sorry, but respectfully I think you are wrong about your perspective of me.

It was my mistake wording it like that. It has caused so much confusion and I keep trying to put the subject down.

However, I really really think that my essay topic is right for me. I said the most general thing I could, which was using generalities of race, to deter people from asking about my essay. I see now that I shouldn’t have mentioned it at all, I’ve caused everyone so much trouble. I’m sorry.

But my essay its not about my accomplishments and it’s not about me actually being an atypical Asian. It’s about something else. And I’ve done a lot of research and I’m pretty sure (not to sound ignorant or anything, you all have so much more experience than me, a high school sophomore) that I know what colleges want: they want me to write about something I am passionate about and something that has truly changed my life and my perspective.

And you guys keep trying to educate me, and I appreciate that, but you all have reciprocated the same ideas: that my thinking about trying to escape the stereotypical Asian race is not good. However, I have said numerous times that I am sorry about generalizing my essay topic into “being an atypical Asian”, because it is so much more than that. And judging by the fact that I’ve said to message me if you want to hear the essay topic and have gotten zero messages, this is probably about something more than just me. So I will leave it at that. Thank you all for the advice!

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Spend some time researching what the colleges themselves say about what they value and want to see. Lots of kids get misled by what other CC kids think colleges look for. Or ideas on wacky websites. Or by trying to figure it out via results threads. Sorry, but your posts imply you don’t yet have much of an idea. If you want a Yale level, you have to think and process on that level. And focus. You’re only a soph and usually when freshmen or sophs come on CC and say they’ve got it all in control, they still have a lot to learn and accomplish. Your resume is by no means fully formed, at this point. Nor is your thinking where it will be in 18 months.

And it’s not “something I am passionate about and something that has truly changed my life and my perspective.” The topic and delivery need to be relevant to what those adcoms do look for.