<p>I have an idea on a "person who influenced you" essay for the common app. I've heard lots of ppl say that you should generally stray away from this topic because it sometimes ends up being more about the other person than you, but I think my idea takes care of that.</p>
<p>Would you like to hear my idea?</p>
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<p>I think that sounds like a really awesome essay. I am applying to colleges this fall too and after reading some things on college essays, talking to my counselor, etc. I think that is what would be a really good essay. </p>
<p>I mean, after 9/11 EVERYONE wrote about 9/11 and how it changed them as a person, etc. Admission committee sit there and read essay after essay after essay, many of them being general things. If you write about your grandmother as a person that has changed you, the essay usually ends up being more about her than it does you. And that is the point of the essay, to show them who you are, what you are like, how you have delveloped as a person, etc. I think this idea will do just that.</p>
<p>Also, one of my friend’s essays this past year was about how she did an exchange student program in France in the beginning of her junior year. She was feeling a bit awkward in the beginning, but it all changed one night when she was sitting at the dinner table with her host family. She set the scene and made the counselor feel like he/she was in the dining room with her. Then she went on to describe how all of a sudden she found herself emersed in the conversation and knew this is what she loved. She was thinking in French, conversing in French, having a great time, etc. This situation shows her mindset, her passions, her loves, etc… </p>
<p>Just that little moment when it all clicks… And I think you have that. Good luck!</p>