<p>"Describe a circumstance, obstacle or conflict in your life, and the skills and resources you used to resolve it. Did it change you? If so, how?"</p>
<p>I initially planned to write this essay about my struggle with depression. However after hearing so much advice saying not to write about "touchy" subjects, I wound up writing a personal narrative about being in an all male, all upperclassmen shop class as a freshman girl.
It's just about my teacher assuming I wouldn't want to participate and being asked to sit out and being mocked (by my friends and the boys in the class) when I did end up asking to participate and did poorly. This pissed me off so I practiced until I was as good as, or better than, the boys in the class.
It seemed like a good way to "show dont tell" admissions that I'm a person who's determined, not idle or passive, doesnt take no for an answer etc. My friends who have read over it agree that it sounds like me and matches my character traits.
But do you think this is okay to have my "circumstance" be something that's not a huge deal? Will admissions view me as some shallow, sheltered kid who's biggest obstacle was an old fashioned teacher in 9th grade? </p>
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