I broke my arm hurdling in track this year and was considering writing at least one of my essays around this experience. Not completely sure which angle I would take. Is this too cliche or does it have potential? Thanks!
It sounds a little boring, to be honest. If it was a gateway to a realization or discovery it might work out, but if it’s just about breaking your arm and not being able to compete I’d pick a different topic.
“Here’s how I hurt it and, boy did it hurt”??? Nope.
But I’m guessing there’s more to the story-- something you learned or were able to contribute to someone as a result? That’s a different story.
If you write about how the broken arm was a set back, how you suffered, and how you prevailed over the challenge, you are sure to put the admissions readers to sleep.
If you absolutely must write about your broken arm, then consider an unconventional perspective: put a funny, humerus (ha-- I just made a pun!), self-effacing spin on it, then reflect on what you learned from the experience.
Thanks for the responses! So if I put kind of a humorous twist it has potential? I’m really running low on good ideas 
Like I said it’s very early in the brainstorm process and I’m trying to figure out if this has any potential or is just too boring of a topic. I tripped over this hurdle after I was cut from baseball, then made varsity track, and two months later played tennis again. I’m trying to find a way to make this not so much about “hardship”, because that’d be boring, correct?
It sounds like you quit each sport. @anas12m
@ccer4lyfe In March I got cut from baseball. The next day I tried out for track. Then April I broke my arm jumping a hurdle. In July tennis season started.
wow. you guys start tennis season late
Tennis is a fall sport
nvmd. I thought you were a guy.