<p>Hey guys, I would appreciate any feedback on my questions about incorporating my sexuality in the CommonApp essay. I am a frequent poster on CC with my other account (1000+ posts), but I wanted to make this account specifically for this thread for privacy reasons (I personally know people with CC accounts).</p>
<p>I am bisexual, and I have known this for about 1-1.5 years. I was doing some soul-searching for college essays, because I wanted to make my essay very personal, and the rest of my app won't say as much about me as a person as I would like it to. I wrote a very, very rough draft about my learning with a new perspective (emerging out of a conservative societal and political outlook) through my bisexuality. However, the one person that knows about my sexuality told me that such a topic is too risque for the college essay. What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>Was your friend trying to say that the topic is too ordinary or that it’s risky because your sexuality is frowned upon??</p>
<p>If it’s the latter your friend is wrong. No colleges discriminate again race, religion, sexuality…blahblah</p>
<p>Although I’m kind of an agreement that it is very typical. If you are going to talk about your sexuality…put a spin on it. I wouldn’t do the ordinary ‘Coming out’ or how people were mean to you…</p>
<p>I would avoid this topic, unless perhaps you have become very involved in an organization that works on LGBT issues.</p>
<p>Remember, even if a college doesn’t officially discriminate based on sexuality, we’re talking about an essay which will be read by one or two people. In this essay you’re trying to sell yourself to that reader–and you have no idea how comfortable that person is with bisexuality. And I would say that if there’s only one person who knows this about you, your college essay may not be the best place to tell others.</p>
<p>@redjohn, she was talking about the latter. I didn’t even come out yet, so it’s definitely not about that. As I said before, it would probably be about how I have used my bisexuality as a medium to “come out” from a very conservative and close-minded outlook on life.</p>
<p>@Hunt, I appreciate the feedback, but could you specify why I should avoid the topic?</p>
<p>Alright, that makes sense to me. That’s the same reason my friend told me to not do it. Well, back to the drawing board, I guess. Time to retire this account.</p>