UC Essay Topics-- Help!

Applying to College
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<p>Alright so I guess UC essay questions are out and I'm wondering what to write about. Ive thought of some topics but I dont know for which essay to write what. These are some topics I was thinking about:</p>

<p>1) Debate - Pretty much I got very confident beating everyone from novice to varsity.. then lost really bad one round, which made me get really good later on..</p>

<p>2) Tennis - (Ive played tennis all 3 years plus next year but Ive always been more focused on acedemics so I dunno about this) Anyway it was my freshman year and I got to play a varsity match for the first time. The match went so long everyone on both teams watched my game to see which school would win. I was down one set, and he had almost won the second to win the game. In the end, I came back to win that set in tiebreaker, which led to another tiebreaker for the overall game and I won..</p>

<p>3) Grades - I dont know how well colleges would like to hear an essay like this . Pretty much itll explain why I got the only B that I got.. and show how I learned from my mistakes and never got a B again. Smart or corny/desperate?</p>

<p>4) Scholarship Fund - This essay will be about a scholarship fund I helped establish which raised money through pledges to allow kids in poor countries (mainly Uganda) to progess to high school and some to college.</p>

<p>So which of these sounds good? Anything I should emphasize? For which questions should I do them?</p>

<p>Also.. what are some sample essay topics for the first question? It seems the only thing you can write about is like how many AP's you took, ect...</p>

<p>Any input is appreciated.</p>

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<p>From what I have seen, the strongest essays tend be in a narrative format. It uses the show/don't tell method to demonstrate attributes about your character. It is important when you are writing the essay to be personel and let your distinct voice come alive in the essay.</p>

<p>You do not have to write about ec's or grades if there is not enough content or personel/emotional attachment involved to write a fully fleshed out essay. Probably one of the worst approaches to the essay is to write about ap classes by listing them/ect. It will come out dry and boring. You will tend to blend in with the thousands of other students who write in the same way.</p>