May someone please rate my Common App essay topics in a PM?
The topics don’t matter - the execution does.
Exactly ^
I disagree slightly with that. Yes execution but don’t have the same generic topics that 100,000 students have. If you volunteered for an orphanage while you were on vacation somewhere… Not a good essay. Habit for humanity… Been done over and over unless you organized it.
Make the essay, personal, unique and interesting. These 3 components are key to setting yourself apart from the pack. Have a teacher read it over.
Also since we don’t know you rating your topics would have no meaning.
My son was stuck between 3 topics but one was by no question the one that made the most sense. He asked several people and the answer was the same. It was so him.
What do family members say?
Make it relevant to what the adcoms want to find in you.
Doesn’t need to be unique. There are only so many different permutations kids can come up with. The prompts mean lots of kids write similarly. So, yes, the execution. And the message that comes through about yuu as a candidate.
Does need to make them smile and nod their heads that you fit, have the attributes, and more.
It’s not an open topic hs essay. It’s for admission. It’s not about opinions/beliefs, some push about how great you are. There’s no tip for writing something no one else did. It’s what you show about you, that they want to learn.
Looks like we are going to disagree today a bit. Of course there are just so many topics to write about. But if the student “can” make it unique to them, personal and interesting, that will stand out. Yes, execution is more important.