<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am a Korean student in India.
I moved many times in my life, about 4 times.
I lived in US, Korea, and India.
Many people have been telling me that's a good thing to expose in my essay.
Is that true?
I am afraid its a bit hackneyed because many students in my school have moved a lot as well and almost everyone's writing about how international they are.
Do college admission officers like students who are more international?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>The only thing that matters is do you have US citizenship or a green card. If not, then you’re in the hyper-competitive (even for Harvard standards) pool for International applicants.</p>
<p>“Do college admission officers like students who are more international?” Sure. But since a billion apply, they choose the best of the best.</p>
<p>I don’t have US citizenship or greencard.</p>
<p>But would writing about moving to many places be a hackneyed subject? Is that overdone already?</p>
<p>Probably pretty common. You will need outstanding stats to be competitive in the international pool.</p>
<p>You can write about any subject poorly, and you can write any subject well.*
*Except possibly “OMG I went on vacation to the Bahamas and being out of the country CHANGED my LIFE.”
If you have a fresh, interesting, funny, or heartfelt take on being international, that’s a great thing to write about. If you’d just be saying it because you feel like it would be a sensible essay topic, ditch it and go find a topic on which you can write in a fresh, interesting, or whatever way.</p>
<p>^Agreed with that.</p>
<p>No topics are inherently bad, but some are more challenging to write well because they lend themselves more easily to cliches.</p>