<p>So I'm glad I finally finished my two short essays for U of M. They kinda suck, but oh well. </p>
<p>Anyways, for the setback essay, I was thinking of writing about when I moved and had to switch schools in the 8th grade. I can write about losing my friends, going to a much smaller school, losing a lot of scholarship money and how it affected my high school. I think I'd be able to BS the essay pretty well, but I think the overall idea of writing about switching schools is waaay too cliche. It's not creative at all, nor is it a big deal at all. Do you think I should write about it, or find another topic? Anyone have any other ideas for the setback essay, or the book essay?</p>
<p>LOL thank you, I was actually thinking about that while I wrote the post. “Hmm, is it effect or affect?”. I guess I fail more than I thought o_O</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you could write about, it’s all base on your own setbacks, probably would do better asking a relative opinion. I know what I plan to write about for setback, just not sure what I can write for part 1 essay ( I’m sure I’ll think of something soon).</p>
<p>If you wrote it well that would work. I might have picked something a little more recent, but you’ve got to go with what you’ve got. I had a hard time coming up with topics for some of my essays, too. </p>
<p>I did the essay about an issue affecting my community and wrote about pet overpopulation because my volunteer hours were with the humane society, I think that essay option was in the same grouping, wasn’t it?</p>
<p>I recommend you don’t choose the setback essay if you have nothing creative to write about. I would say that the setback essay, would be for people who lost something or used to smoke pot and do drugs before they had some huge turnaround them helped that get back on the right track. Try the book essay, it seems pretty easy.</p>
<p>Yeah, I might try to think of some thing else. I don’t really know what book to write about though There’s one I could write about, but I read it so long ago T_T</p>
<p>It’s my opinion (based off of absolutely nothing except the fact that it sounds like a good idea to me) that you should write about something that you think no one else will think of. I pick a history book (not like a history text book, not even really like a history book but I don’t know what else to call it) where they predicted why particularly cultures developed the way they did, and I mentioned how I liked the thought process behind the book and wondering about they ways they came to the conclusions they did. </p>
<p>Find an interesting book that is unlike many other books and that you think no one else will have read. Read parts of it or skim it, and write something creative about it. There’s no need to be an expert about a book to write a college essay about it.</p>
<p>I did essay B: Describe an issue of local concern…</p>
<p>I wrote about my dance group member: Mr. Anonymous and his confrontation with drugs, the effects of his drug use on me and the other members of my dance group and how the pressures of college and high school can turn a promising student into a life long drug user and failure. </p>
<p>The way I wrote it was kind of creative and interesting, at least from the perspective of my friends, family, counselors and teachers that read it. I wrote it sort of poetically.</p>
<p>Just giving you some ideas. I think you should be as creative as possible. Don’t write about something that other people are going to write about. It doesn’t make you stand out. Write about something unique in terms of your life experiences, books you have read, etc…</p>
There’s one I could write about, but I read it so long ago T_T</p>