Some College Essay Topics tell me what you think

Applying to College
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<p>Doesn’t seem like the college essays forum is very active so this seemed like the next best thing. These are my essay options, if you have any input on how to tweak them or make them more interesting unique, please reply! oh and tell me which one you think is the best/most unique/creative.</p>

<p>1.Going to India one summer thinking that i’m just gonna waste 6 weeks of my summer vacation and instead, my grandpa teaching me how to build a computer (learned how to barter and buy), which i eventually used the skills to start a little homebased business selling hand built computers.</p>

<li><p>First day of a summer job working at NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group) going door to door,(Wanted to be different, when all my friends would go find easy jobs at say a department store or a fast food restaurant, had to travel to downtown and went across the city) how i was shaking and nervous because i had to knock on doors and talk to the people to help out our causes and become members but overcame it and set the record for amount raised in one week. (is this one a little too arrogant or played out?)</p></li>
<li><p>Bodybuilding. Love the sport workout everyday follow a strict diet. might even want to compete one day as a hobby
Thanks in advance 4 the help</p></li>
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<p>Stick with topic one or two. Other people's diet and exercise routines are deadly boring for the reader and make the writer seem self-absobed. </p>

<p>Neither of these "rites of passage" topics is highly creative. It's all in how you present the information. My advice is to write, write, write, for as long as you can on each topic. Then, put on your reader's hat and ask yourself where the best writing is. Which essay serves the purpose of describing you and conveying your approach to life, your value to a school? Finally, hire yourself as an editor, cut down the number of words and sharpen your focus.</p>