Talking about your future career in your essay?

College Essays
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<p>I went to my english teacher to read over my essay and she said i needed to write a specific major i intend to go in and how my essay (prompt #1) has influenced me and help me succeed in that field.</p>

<p>Is that really necessary?
I mean, at least half the kids who go in with a certain major change their mind once they get in so what's the point?</p>

<p>In my essay i basically talked about how my relationship with someone has changed my perspective on educational values and what's important in life. I wrote in the end something like these goals and encouragements will help me in college blah blah blah but i did not write out any specific career. </p>

<p>Is my teacher high? Or will writing a specific major really makes a difference between an essay that does and an essay that does not?</p>

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<p>Depends on the field. If you're heading into engineering, you definitely have to address that somewhere in your essay, says my AP English teacher who also happens to be a college counselor.</p>

<p>Mind you, nothing is 100% necessary for essays. You can't pin down a point that makes or breaks an essay.</p>

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<p>I do not think that an essay must go into your planned major. If that were mandatory, the prompt would read something like</p>

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...or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on your choice of major.

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<p>I think you can take the prompt at face value; it does not require discussion of a major.</p>