<p>I mean if you're really involved and have done a lot for the cause, is Darfur really a bad choice to write about? I mean, its something I really care about.</p>
<p>hmm.
darfur?
iuno how you can distinguish yourself you know?
write about something.
different from teh "hyped up" Darfur.</p>
<p>to be honest, yes i think writing about darfur would be too clich</p>
<p>Then again, don't get into the trap of doing what you think everyone else is going to do. I remember one big name college admissions director said that they had yet to receive a single essay which mentioned 9/11. When they started asking applicants (who wrote essays that clearly should have mentioned it), they were constantly told that they thought everyone else was writing about it.</p>
<p>My point is: write what you know. If this is your issue, then by all means, write it. Don't let what other people may or may not be doing deter you from writing about your strengths.</p>
<p>knightshield offers good advice, it does seem from what you said that you have been involved with the darfur crisis, and if it is something you feel strongly about, perhaps it would be the best. they are probably less focused on the issue you discuss but rather upon they way in which you convey yourself and your passion for the issue</p>
<p>If you have been <em>really</em> involved with the issue, then sure, go ahead! But if your work with the Darfur crisis isn't substantial or one of the main points of your extracurriculars, then try for an issue that is equally important but less cliche.</p>
<p>The best thing to write about is what you feel most passionate about and if that happens to be Darfur then write about that. Write what feels good to you and then it will come to life.</p>