<p>I can not think of anything to write about, anything that I come with always borderlines cliche or is just plain bad.</p>
<p>I thought about writing about my name, or new york (thinking of something specific but not happening)</p>
<p>It would be great if anyone could offer me some advice, or throw out some topics! thanks (:</p>
<p>What are some things that you like to do?</p>
<p>Write about an experience in which you distinguished yourself, or about coping with a real challenge or a volunteering experience that you enjoyed. If you don't want to write about a personal experience, then write an essay about an intellectual subject. </p>
<p>There are literally tons of subject areas that you can write about. Your issue is to determine one which allows you to reveal yourself to others. The real issue may be one of having self-confidence to focus on the assignment.</p>
<p>i really don't havea ny outstanding ec's</p>
<p>i might be able to write about swimming but nothing extraordinary pops out. My life is pretty bland.</p>
<p>The essay does not have to be about some extraordinary thing you've done like cure cancer or send a rocket to Mars.</p>
<p>It will be perfectly fine to reveal yourself as you are. </p>
<p>Often, writing about what one loves is helpful. Even if you love something pretty regular, like, say, stamp collecting. Or swimming.</p>
<p>For good advice on college essays, see</p>
<p>as hopeless as this may sound, i don't really particularly enjoy ANYTHING. and i can't come up with a single thing!</p>
<p>What about swimming?</p>
<p>write about the thoughts that pop into your head while swimming...</p>
<p>When I tried out for the high school swimming team, I was sooooo anxious to make a good impression that I tried TOO hard. There were no lane markers and I was trying out for backstroke. I never was a great swimmer, but I wanted to be on the team. The coach had me get into the water and I got into the normal backstroke start position and waited for him to say "Go!" I swam SO hard that I didn't realize I was curving toward the side wall. I hit my head against the side of the pool and it HURT. I thought I was going to pass out. I barely crawled out of the pool, only to hear lots of laughter all around me. </p>
<p>That story would be a great start to an essay... especially since the only reason I was on swim teams at all was because my family lived right next to a country club we could not afford, so I got on the club swim team as a way to have total access to the pool. No one knew that there was no family membership. Another aspect to the essay.</p>
<p>Another story about the swim team: we had the state champion butterfly guy. There was a false start and he was gone and was not stopped until he reached the other end of the pool. Our coach got the meet officials to put another event (400-yd freestyle) in before restarting the butterfly so that our champion could get a rest. The coach came to me and asked me swim in the event. I don't care what you do, he said, as long as you take as long as you possibly can and come in last. I intentionally false-started, and the official warned me (He knew it was intentional), but then, when the race started I swam as slow as I possibly could. The coach knew what I was doing, but the crowd didn't, so as the race progressed and I got farther and farther behind, the hoots and whistles and catcalls began - all aimed at me!! This could be another essay start.</p>
<p>So even if you have an uneventful "career" in an EC, you can take a less-than flattering incident and use it to portray some of what makes you you.</p>
<p>Not to steal the topic but besides revealing who we are, do we have to show how our topic has changed us or do we just have to reveal our personalities?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Can someone please answer my question?</p>
<p>digmedia, I loved your second anecdote LOL</p>
<p>Quicksandslowly: consider starting a new thread on your topic.</p>