Good topic or just plain cliche?

College Essays
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<p>Okay I immigrated (yes immigrated) to pittsburgh from new delhi, india when i was eight years old. since then, ive been taking biannual trips there and wanted to write all of my experiences and stuff into a great college essay.</p>

<p>will this be a good topic or not?
like on a scale of 1 to 10 what would you rate this tobe?</p>

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<p>The key is not the topic, the key is what you do with the topic.</p>

<p>Virtually any topic can make for a great essay, or for a poor one.</p>

<p>If this topic will allow you to be personal, specific, honest and revealing about yourself, then it can be a good topic for you. </p>

<p>For some relevant good advice from UVa:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>