<p>So I'm having a small panic moment. I sent it in last night and now I'm rethinking about my essay topic.</p>
<p>One of the schools I'm applying to is known for its "I can change the world!" attitude. When prompted what I would bring to the school I told them I would bring the small gestures because they are the most potent. </p>
<p>Am I totally off the mark? Will they see this as; she doesn't want to change the world. Ah...somebody help.</p>
<p>My son wrote one of his supplemental essays about the impact he made in his community focusing on how he gave time and attention to our little 6 year old neighbor who adores him. He wrote about remembering kindnesses shown to him by older neioghborhood boys and concluded by saying there are many different ways to make impacts, so huge and obvious and some subtle and not so obvious but part of your daily life.</p>
<p>I don’t think you missed the mark. The point is to show your personality. Not everyone can change the world, so people live their lives in a way that helps people and has more of an anonymous impact, but an impact non -the less. If you are off the mark, then he is too. At any rate, a campus would be pretty boring if all the people on it were all the same. A community is made up of different types and different personalities.</p>
<p>What school was it by the way?</p>
<p>Your answer sounds like a good one, far more believable than an answer about doing some huge endeavor even though one is young, and lacks the experience and expertise to do something major.</p>
<p>^ I agree. I think your essay will come across as very authentic, as compared to possibly many others who may express inflated ideals or come across as trying to impress.</p>
<p>Any chance this was RPI?</p>
<p>No, it was not RPI. If by north star, you mean Minnesota than I think northstarmom knowns Macalester. The school can come off as a bit pretentious so thats why I had a bit of a panic attack.</p>
<p>Thank you again for the reassurance. It really helped.</p>
<p>Changing the world with little gestures is good. You already sent it, so you can’t change the essay, anyway.</p>