<p>As I was looking through the common app prompts this one really intrigued me: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.</p>
<p>Honestly I don't even know if I would consider myself as an "adult" yet, but these last few months starting to look at colleges, majors, and potential careers has made me feel closer than ever. </p>
<p>Now to the point: I was thinking maybe I could write about how the essay itself is my transition to adulthood. This could end in complete disaster with me having no clue what to write, but I thought it could just be a way to make my essay stand out. Would it be a better idea to just write how the search process itself was the transition to adulthood?</p>
<p>My first reflex was to discourage you from writing this, but I do see a way it can succeed. That’s not to say it’ll be easy to pull off. A lot of students attempt something similar every year, and realistically speaking, they usually do not do well.</p>
<p>If you have the maturity for it and a knack for narrative writing (and turning this idea into a fully-functioning story), it can work.</p>
<p>A hint: By ‘application process’, I would recommend a vivid juxtaposition of what college preparation was like for you and how your life was before it all happened. </p>
<p>Essentially, your story would have a strong emphasis on elements that had nothing to do directly with the application process. The notion that ‘writing the essay was a journey’ should only serve as the foundation to your story. </p>
<p>It’s worth giving a try and seeing how it goes.</p>
<p>A lot of people write self-referential essays (“Here I am, writing my college essay”) so don’t do that.
Writing about the search itself sounds like it could be boring.</p>