<p>Is it okay to use religious topic for common application? I don't think anyone will be of my religion on admission board though. When I was in school we were forced to wear some things and do something under the name of religion. Those things weren't physically harmful. But school's that behavior was very oppressive and was violating freedom of religion. I stood up against that decision. Due to that I had to suffer many things but I overcame them. School took its decision back due to my efforts. We were particularly oppressed because we were 'girls'!
Is it a good topic for essay?</p>
<p>Btw I am a international student</p>
<p>US colleges are havens of religious tolerance. At most schools you will find students, faculty and Admissions Directors who are Baptist, Buddhist, Christian Science, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Episcopal, Hindu, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Muslim, Non-denominational Christian, Orthodox Christian, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic and Sikh. So, whatever you write about region needs to be done in a way that doesn’t offend anyone’s religious belief or proclaims that one religion is the “the true” religion or one religion is “the bad” religion. If you can do that, then it’s okay. Writing about religious oppression is tricky . . you have to do it in a way that says “it wasn’t right for me.”</p>
<p>I’m not going to speak against religion. It’s more like the way some muslim girls protest against wearing scarf and all. And mainly it wasn’t much about religion I guess, it was against discrimination of women in religion and against belief of my teachers that told me that only job for women is to stay at home.</p>
<p>^^ That is a great topic. Be sure to include in your essay what kind of job you want to do.</p>
<p>It’s an amazing topic. Just keep the focus on the essay on standing up for yourself (which it seems like you’re doing).</p>
<p>But don’t say you were “forced” to do some things. People can really misunderstand you. They could think that to mean that you grudgingly did something that you didn’t want to do or that, even worse, your parents made you do it. Your religion and practices are your choice :)</p>
<p>I wouldnt, religion in general should be avoided. U dont know who ur reader is</p>
<p>Great Topic! You should do it. BTW it’s not about religion, it’s about the importance of the freedom of choice.</p>
<p>As a Muslim who wears a headscarf (and has never in the slightest way felt oppressed), I think that it’s a good topic if you tread carefully… Religion tends to be an inflammatory topic, so if you’re not positive you can handle it well, I wouldn’t recommend it for an essay topic. Then again, what happened to you was terrible (that teacher should seriously be ashamed) and it’s probably going to spawn a powerful essay. Just decide if you’re approaching from a religious perspective, or a “I stand up for myself” perspective.
Like someone else said, you never know who your reader is, and you don’t want anyone in the admissions process to dislike you because of an essay 
good luck!</p>
<p>Sounds like the basis for an excellent, intelligent and personal essay. Go for it.</p>
<p>Great topic. No matter the reader’s beliefs.</p>
<p>I think it sounds like a good topic. As others have said, you’ll need to use some care in the execution, but that shouldn’t be extraordinarily difficult.</p>
<p>But I really want to give Gibby a shout out for taking the trouble to alphabetize that list of religions.</p>
<p>^^ Hahah. Truth be told, I stole the list from: [Yale</a> Religious Ministries | Chaplain’s Office](<a href=“http://chaplain.yale.edu/yrm]Yale”>Yale Religious Ministries | Chaplain's Office)</p>
<p>And here I thought Gibby is just so exceptionally devoted to religious diversity that he memorized that list ;)</p>
<p>Now that it’s attributed, I think it’s not “stolen.” Now it’s “research.”</p>
<p>Hey, thank you all!!</p>