<p>Students-</p>
<p>What was your essay topic for the common application and also the supplements (school of management specifically)? Any tips on what worked/what didn't? </p>
<p>A topic that worked for one student isn’t going to work for another. The topic is not being judged. Your writing and what we learn about you through your essays is the important part. There are fabulous essays about all sorts of topics. You have to figure out what question works best for you and what response lets you be interesting and authentic.</p>
<p>just ideas for brainstorming</p>
<p>Students-</p>
<p>What was your essay topic for the common application and also the supplements? Any tips on what worked/what didn’t? </p>
<p>I wrote about growing up in a multicultural household. I wrote about my father specifically in the CAS supplement. </p>
<p>I am in my second year of applying to college - for my first essay, last year’s, I wanted to be an engineer, and it was a failure essay about how I’m a germaphobe and I tried (and failed) so fix a very dirty vacuum. I got a lot of good feedback from admissions readers with that… This year’s is a lot different as I’m kind of a much different person - this year, I’m writing in response to the “background or story” question, but interpreting “story” as books and talking about how I collect books and am influenced by them, etc. I want to be a librarian now.</p>