<p>I plan on writing about my dad...I hear that the best essays are the "classic" ones (this came straight from an admissions officer) but I'm really worried I am using a cliche topic. I asked some people from my school about what their topics were to which many replied, "My family...probably my dad." What should I do? I feel an urge to just go with it but I am still worried...</p>
<p>He's still alive by the way. I'm not writing on how a death in the family has affected me. Also it's about how my relationship with him was not so good for a long while in my life, but I as I learned of the sacrifices he made for my family's sake, I learned to stop being such a negative, critical, bitter person and learned to appreciate others more.</p>
<p>The people who will read your essay want to know who you are, where you come from and what made you…you. These “cliche” topics are most commonly used because they reveal in the simplest way your personality. </p>
<p>I think the topic is great and it does not matter much if you can use it to make something interesting. Also what you plan to write about is great. Explain the circumstances and situation of your family, what happened between your dad and you and finally concentrate on how it affected you and what is different in you since then, what you learnt from it. Just draw a simple vivid picture, show understanding of the situation and in the same time crack some jokes about the hole thing ( slight, witty humor shows you have grown bigger than the problem and you look at it now from the position of a mature person).</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>