How to find out essay topic

College Essays
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<p>OK, this is going to sound like a stupid question, but WHERE do you find out what the essay topic should be? Or do you just write an essay about a personal topic? This is our first college admission experience. My S is interested in applying to Univ. of Florida, FSU, Rutgers, UNC, Columbia, Syracuse, and maybe some others. I know he has to start writing very soon. Thanks for your help.</p>

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<p>look on each college’s official web site</p>

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<p>Yeah, look on the college website. It’ll tell you if they use the common app and if so, if you need to write any supplements aside from the common app essay.</p>

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<p>What’s the “common app” essay?</p>

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<p>Your kid writes a single essay for one of the following prompts (strictly between 250 and 650 words inclusive):</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/EssayAnnouncementFinal.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/EssayAnnouncementFinal.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And submits it to the schools he’s applying to that accept the Common App.</p>

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<p>I know Syracuse and Columbia use the common app, so your son will need to make an account. It goes online on August 1st.</p>