<p>I have a question for the SFS Essay topic. I'm really passionate about Darfur (head of the club at my school) and I'm planning to write my Most Meaningful Activity Essay on it. Would it be overkill to write the Foreign Issue essay on it too? Or would it back up my involvement in the club? And does it seem to human rights-y / not foreign policy-y enough? Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh man... I didn't even think about this. I plan on applying to College, but I was going to choose an activity that has no relation to the area that I want to study. I was going to say how band taught me the true value of one unit and hardwork.</p>
<p>I would say yes, it is overkill. Unless you have done something spectacular with fundraising or have some sort of a personal connection, use Darfur for one or the other. Otherwise, you might put all of your eggs into one basket (and Darfur certainly isn't a unique foreign policy issue that would make you unique).</p>
<p>Well, we did raise about $3,000 and got our community to adopt a resolutin condemning the genocide... :/ is that 'spectacular'?</p>
<p>That's very good, and you should definitely use this topic as one of your essays. I would say with that information you should use it for the interesting activity essay. Way too many of the foreign policy essays are based around Darfur; it might be better to choose something a little more unique. I think if it is solidly written, your activity essay is great and a perfect thing for a possible acceptance.</p>
<p>I actually agree. I think the Darfur-related stuff you did would make a good activity. It just wasn't somethin you signed onto to get into SFS< but it's something you got into because you were interested.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>Be careful to not just write about what your club has done.</p>
<p>I congratulate and thank you for your efforts with the Darfur cause, but if you feel like it is a stretch to write both essays on Darfur don't try to make up that gap by toting the fact that you raised 3grand or what not.</p>
<p>I think if you are questioning whether or not you should write both essays on Darfur you are probably second guessing yourself for a reason and it isn't in your best interest to write both essays about it.</p>
<p>if you were really interested in darfur, you would know that its not really a global issue, its more of a civil war, i wouldnt write about this for my application essay</p>
<p>I disagree. It is a global issue. Sure it is isolated to one region, but the level of attention and emotion it receives from the rest of the world has definitely brought it to a more global level. I have organized a lecture on Darfur for our community and I have attended Darfur rallies in DC, it is on everyones minds. Besides, anything that can question our country's international policies is obviously more than just an isolated issue. The same thing happened in Rwanda 13 some years ago and after that our country said never again, well it is happening again. The truth is it will take an outside power to stop the current conflict, hence a global issue.</p>
<p>Sorry I am inherently political and I hate communicating anything serious through these quick posts.</p>
<p>GL on Gtown, SFS is my first choice right now. :D</p>
<p>I agree that darfur may be on everyones minds, there are what seem to be more prominent issues in the world, while Darfur may question the country's international policies, what dosent in todays world?? This is probably happening in more than just Darfur. While I do hope to go into the international field I beleive that America needs to fix itself before it tries to fix the rest of the world, just look at the mess in the middle east now.</p>
<p>Don't use Darfur as your international issues...as much as its not in the attention of the mainstream media, it is still a cliched topic today when it comes to international politics. Pick something more unique!</p>