<p>What are you guys writing about?</p>
<p>Someone else's research/idea, or your own?</p>
<p>General or specific?</p>
<p>I thought I was doing mine pretty broadly, but it ended up rather specific... A certain scientific concept, actually.</p>
<p>It does not matter if the idea is general, or specific. The essay should be about you - what you find intellectually exciting, how you approach it, etc.</p>