Influential person/Important Issue

College Essays
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<p>I'm doing the apply texas app and they force us to do these two essays:</p>

<p>Write an essay in which you tell us about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how and why this person is important to you.</p>

<p>Choose an issue of importance to you—the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope—and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.</p>

<p>I'm using the Fiske book for essay help- but it doesnt have any examples on these two? Or did I just miss them</p>

<p>Anyways, oo you guys know of tips for this or even better online/book references where I can examples and help?</p>

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<p>Bumperzzzz</p>

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<p>The common app has similar, if not the same, essay prompts. [Common</a> Application Personal Essay - Tips for the 6 Personal Essay Options on the Common Application](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/EssayPrompts.htm]Common”>Pre-2013 Common Application Personal Essay Tips)</p>

<p>The link above should help you by providing sample essays and their critiques (#2 and 3). However, remember that you should write in your own style.</p>

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<p>Thanks, yea I was just wondering what an good essay for those two should look like. The common app essays give a little more freedom</p>