<p>The above posters have given you good advice. Take the time to actually think about what matters to you and what you want to write about. Who are you, beyond appearances and categorizations? Who is the person inside? Likes dislikes, hobbies? Small moments that matter? Colleges can see through clique pretty easily, and they can tell when a student puts effort into an essay. Don’t settle for mediocrity, because writing about something you know will be better and easier than a banal one.</p>
<p>Riskiness obviously depends on the essay and what the topic is in general. Not all satire ones are bad, for instance, my friend wrote a satire about losing her dead dog, but she inserted alot of humor in it, but she also happens to be one of the funniest people in the grade, if not ever. Read it to an english teacher or someone yo know personally, and they will be able to tell you if it is a good essay.</p>
<p>Start thinking of some good ideas now. Schools, especially the more selective ones, may require you to write supplements, so you should come up with different possible comibnations</p>