<p>I have no idea about what to write about for my admissions essays!! I'm going to tell a little bit about my background and my interestes and maybe you can give me some suggestions!!!</p>
<p>My grandfather was jewish and escaped from germany to the US after he saw his parents get murdered. he was very successful in germany but had to start from scratch in the US. he eventually became a very successful doctor.</p>
<p>When I was born I lived in a little cottage on the river, but my parents made an addition to the house shortly after i was born. they added another addition after my sister was born. now the house i huge.</p>
<p>My parents divorced when I was 8. my mom remarried when i was 10. my dad has had a steady girlfriend for 5 years . . . she has survived 3 types of cancer, the most recent cancer (ovarian) was pretty tough on all of us, but her strength has been really amazing.</p>
<p>I have lived in 5 houses over my lifetime.</p>
<p>I'm interested in journalism -- im on the newspaper staff at school and have been managing editor for two years.</p>
<p>i'm also interested in mass comm and advertising and business</p>
<p>i'm am mesmerized by the book "The Overachievers" and am currently dying to write my personal opinion about the issues in the book.</p>
<p>I am in a theory of knowledge class and have been thinking about a bunch of concepts like what would life be like if we knew what other people were thinking? what would be the point of trying?</p>
<p>i live in a very diverse area where there are some many different types of people, but not really a group that i fit into. sometimes i wish i lived in a area with people that i could relate to, but i also realize that i am much more in touch with reality than those that are guarded by homogeneous surroundings.</p>
<p>any ideas?? sorry for the long list of info!! hehe</p>
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<p>I think it's interesting you mentioned that as part of "you" - it just caught my eye. You know the movies "If These Walls Could Talk"?...that's what that reminded me of.</p>
<p>Although you listed A LOT of interesting stuff, none of that really speaks about you. Most admissions essays want you to reveal something not defined in the application, something relatively unique to you and personal. I agree with the above poster, that the 5 houses thing is interesting, if you can somehow relate to it. I like how you said you don't really fit in, so you can tie those two things together. Overall though you should aim for something that you care about.. if your grandfather's journey is something you want to elaborate on, then it would be a good intro anecdotal piece to living in five houses (since he himself had to move from Germany to the US). Hope you get what I'm saying.</p>
<p>it's not that i dont know what i want to include in my essay, it's just that i don't know what aspect of my life to base it around. i dont think that everybody jusy KNOWS what to write about! i'm the first one in my family to do the whole college essay thing, so im pretty unfamiliar with the process. all of the tips i've gotten from admissions officers is "be yourself" -- that's not very helpful!</p>