<p>I'm starting to think about my essay for the Common App next year, and I'm pretty certain that I'll chose my own topic. Honestly, I haven't had any significant event happen in my life that would set me apart from any other person my age, so I am considering writing about my experience in my anatomy class. I'm in a medical program at my school that requires that we take anatomy and physiology our junior year; the class is at an actual medical school and we spend about 75% of our time in the gross anatomy lab.</p>
<p>The thing is that I hate the class, and I while I'm digging around in some lady's intestines, I'm usually having a conversation (with a living person, of course) about history or politics. Obviously I would write about the experience in a tasteful way and make a connection between the class and how it's affected my life, but does anyone think it's too weird. I want it to be humorous, not morbid (the backdrop provides some good imagery), but is this unique experience a little too unique for others to understand. I write well enough to pull it off and want to write about something that will catch their attention. </p>
<p>If it makes a difference, I'm apply ED to Rice, and if I don't get in there, I'm looking at Vanderbilt, Wash U in St. Louis, George Washington, William & Mary, and possibly Tulane.</p>