Topics that are too heavy?

College Essays
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<p>Hi everyone, I just saw someone with a similar question about this in the Yale thread and needed to ask.</p>

<p>I'm not going to go into details, but I lost a best friend to suicide in my early teen years. I was considering writing about it in college essays, because that event actually influenced me deeply and was the catalyst for a large part of what I do today. Do you think this would be too heavy, or even appropriate for the adcoms? I would fully understand if they don't want to read something "depressing" and as personal as this.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>If it affects who are right now, you should write about it. Admissions wants to know who you are and how you have been influenced. Personal essays are a good topic, so long as they are not too generic.</p>

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<p>I think it would be fine, so long as the event drove you to be a better person. I would also focus on how it made you a better person.</p>