<p>I am debating on two potential essay topics, but I can't seem to decide on one.</p>
<p>For the prompt about the importance of a background/story in one's identity, I wanted to talk about overcoming my financial struggles (foreclosed home in 2007, thousands in debt, etc.) and my struggles of being an immigrant (parents can't speak English). My only problem is that this story might be viewed as a sob story.</p>
<p>For the prompt about failure and learning from it, I wanted to talk about a movie script I wrote (120 paged drama) and how it failed to live up to the expectations of a film company. However, learning from this failure, I wrote another script that the same company might purchase soon. With this, the problem is that I already mentioned my experience with screenwriting on the Common App.</p>
<p>I really just want opinions on which would make a better essay.</p>