Do I just write my boring stories as they are or…?
You have another thread titled: “How can my child write a great application essay?”
Are you planning to write your child’s essay?
Huh? Oh! He’s just trying to help. He put up the same question on the “Parent Forum,” if that’s what you mean~ But my question was that I get good grades in school, participate in sports and activities, but there’s nothing extraordinary about them~
It’s against the rules of this forum to share an account. You & your parent need to post using different accounts.
If you were on a blind date, what would you tell your date about yourself?
A Columbia admissions officer said that your essay should be so much like you that if it dropped on the floor and a friend picked it up, they would know it was you. My friends son wrote about his experience as a pizza delivery driver and what he learned from people about it. Another kid wrote about why she loves her nightlight. You topic doesn’t have to be about the bestselling novel you wrote aged 15. It needs to be about you, and what kind of person you are.