<p>Is it ok to write about daily events, like going to the mall or playing with kids at a local hospital? Do I have to write about the impact it has on me?</p>
<p>yes
(10 characters)</p>
<p>The best advice given about the $10 essay is to make it creative and original. Make sure that when the adcom reads it they learn something about you. Don't just make it an account of what you did.</p>
<p>Remember this is a college essay. They want to know more about you then what the rest of your application tells.</p>
<p>I wrote about going to the mall...</p>
<p>Just try to make it memorable.</p>
<p>I wrote about going to Middle Earth and throwing the ring into Mt. Doom.</p>
<p>I wrote about walking around Baltimore.</p>
<p>I hope they can translate my speech, I wrote the entire thing about Baltimore and wrote it in thick Ballmorese, the local dialect</p>
<p>^ wow, there is a baltimore dialect? i wonder what that sounds like. do you live in baltimore?</p>
<p>i just wrote about going hiking (aka nothing special) but made it like deep and philosophical (or at least, i tried :) )</p>
<p>Mine was pretty superficial..but in a very cutesy way. lol.</p>