<p>I play bassoon (which is a rare wind instrument for those of you that don't follow music). I want to write about how it has helped me learn and be a better scholar/debater even though I am not musically talented.</p>
<p>It will probably be slightly humorous, because I have several stories about my instrument including the time I was walking down the street with it and someone told me it looked like a telephone pole. I was really embarassed (at the time I was quite young) and I wished for the millionth time I hadn't chosen it. Also, the reason I started playing bassoon was because I saw a tenor sax playing an awesome jazz solo when I was eight or so and I though it was called a bassoon. When I was old enough to play, my mom rented me one from the store and when she brought it home I was like "this is definitely not what I meant!" but she couldn't return it. I know you probably didn't find that funny but I promise that in context it could be! :P </p>
<p>Hopefully, I will demonstrate my transition from being an awkward, embarassed middle schooler to someone with insight and worldliness. (That is, if I manage to write this essay well.) </p>
<p>Tell me your thoughts, be harsh, be honest, and DFTBA!</p>
<p>please help me out overachieving CCers! you know you want to :D</p>
<p>I’m stealing your idea.</p>
<p>For what’s worth, I thought it was very funny, I chuckled. I think it’s a good topic.</p>
<p>@astults, you better not 
thanks @oldfort!</p>
<p>Google “bassoon” and “Devil went down to Georgia” and check out the YouTube video with Stephen Colbert. Hysterical.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl… Im scared D:</p>
<p>I think it’s a great topic…personal and eye catching which is important. My D did hers on her senior project topic which was kind of quirky, but she talked about her process of picking that topic as a way to show how her intellectual curiosity worked and why she wasn’t sure what major she would end up pursuing. She was encouraged to use this topic by one of the college admission counselors and she actually received several notes from other schools about how interesting it was. I say go for it. It will stand out from the pack and that’s half the battle…plus is a great starting point if any of the schools do interviews.</p>
<p>PS my D was oboe player…</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>Haha I was kidding 
It’s a good idea btw.</p>
<p>When my younger daughter was writing her main essay, she started with a very long essay, then she worked with her tutor to cut it down and made it tight. You don’t have that many word count, so you have to make every word count. D2’s tutor told her that it is good to be funny and witty, but she also need to let her intelligence come through and let adcoms see that she could write college level essay. There is a fine line.</p>