<p>Hello, I am confused on how the world "community" should be defined in a college essay. Many colleges use supplements that tell us to describe our community and how it has affected us, but does community necessarily need to be a cultural, regional or ethnic-based? I would like to write about a community that my band members and I've come to form... I consider my band a community because we share similar interests, focus and goals.
What do you think?</p>
<p>It isn’t unusual for students to ignore the prompt and write about whatever they want. Sometimes it works. But it is a stretch here.</p>
<p>I think that it would be a great idea. Most students would probably write about community in a broad sense which would just create a general and boring essay. Your take would be a bit more of a creative way of defining community. Plus since it’s something that you are very close to, the readers will get a better sense of who you are because you will write about it more passionately. It’s better to take a risk and be remembered for it than to not take a risk and be forgotten in the pile of boring essays.</p>
<p>Okay, I have one No and one yes. Need more opinions on this.
@BrownParent @thefashionista Thank you for your comments!</p>