<p>I've been starring at a blank microsoft document for the past few days and I couldn't think of any topics. Nothing interested ever happened from living in the boroughs of New York. But I thought of a topic but need some feedback and I feel like it might be too cliched or overused probably but if it's not risky, I'm willing to put my heart into writing it.</p>
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<li>Because of my careless mistake of leaving with short notice, I lost my long distance relationship and didn't talk to him for a year yet it was because I thought it was impossible and still loved him. I couldn't take the guilt and couldn't stand not being with him because afterall I still loved him so when I did talk to him again, he gave me a second chance because he waited for me in that year and now we're off. So I want to wrap this up as a life rule, of people making careless mistakes, yet somewhere in life, you'll have to forgive and forget people who you love dearly.</li>
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<p>Hey - kudos to you for trying for a long distance relationship. Unfortunately, I just got out of one, and I’m dealing with the repercussions. </p>
<p>I’m not so sure how colleges would take writing about love, even if it is long distance. It’s supposed to be one of those “off-limit” topics, like drugs or sex or other profane objects. I think that they feel that love is a superficial topic to most teens (“Pft what do they know about love? They’re just kids.”), but long distance relationships are so much more different. If I were you, I would pick a different topic. </p>
<p>EDIT: Which question are you attempting to do? Number 6? Have you thought about any of the other ones?</p>
<p>personally- i would like to read it.
but i’m not sure if it’s the kind of thing colleges are looking for… many high schoolers believe they fall in love and even if you really did, it would take a VERY good writer to pull this off.
I think it really depends on how well it’s written and it’s style. it could be very good.
also:
this essay should represent you. it may be about something rather simple. something you wouldn’t normally think of as a good essay topic, yet is unique. it must be meaningful to YOU. and a good representation of your life, thoughts, ideas, morals, beliefs, or personality.
Just put your best into it (whatever you write about) and i you’ll do fine :)</p>
<p>Since I’m half clueless of what topic to write about, that topic was for Topic of choice. Still can’t think of any other potential topics yet :(</p>
<p>EDIT: I’ve looked around for sample essays and found on collegeboard an example that related to the topic of love and was viewed as a ‘good’ essay.</p>
<p><a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>“Nothing intersting ever hapened from living in the boroughs of NY.” That’s a loaded statement. Are you sure?
Relationships are an ok topic- both my Ds wrote about them. What’s not ok, what comes off as insipid, is gooey pining for lost love and all that- “I couldn’t take the guilt… I loved him so much.” [Note- you loved him so much but did him wrong? Think how an adult would view that. Think how an adult who reads a thousand coll essays would.] Morph this and let us know if you need feedback.</p>
<p>Well, to me, staying in NY for 17 years without much traveling does start feeling repetitive in doing the same thing over and over. I can’t drive so I can’t go out of the boroughs. </p>
<p>As for the topic, I do understand that gooey lovey dovey stuff isn’t a good idea to write about and I wasn’t planning to. The top description was so you can get an idea of what the topic would be. I’ll start drafting it and get back here for more feedbacks. :)</p>
<p>LOVE the fact that youlooked around online. So few CC hs kids manage that. Just remember the advice- be very careful yours does not remind the reader of the point, structure, wording, etc, that they know is already online. Good!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice and heads up lookingfoward! And I’ll get back to that blank microsoft word document. Be back with it!</p>
<p>So I thought of another topic and put aside the topic I described up at the top. Would it better if I wrote about the different roles we play in life, almost as if we were acting on a stage?</p>
<p>will PM you in a bit</p>