<p>I wrote my essay, then I checked online to check out some other good essays. Then I found one that had a very similar story line and a write who had very similar experiences as I did. Do I need to change my essay? Would colleges be suspicious?</p>
<p>don’t change it.
thousands of kids apply to college, its only natural that a few topics collide.</p>
<p>just be sure to write in your own voice and develop your own structure for the essay. those are the things that make you unique, not topic</p>