<p>Two of my essays were about my brain surgery my sophomore year and how I lost 100 lbs. I am starting to wonder if I shouldn't have written about the surgery since it might seem like a sob story.</p>
<p>depends... did you make it sound like a sob story, or did you just tell the story? if the latter, you should be fine. i'm not sure about using it twice, though.</p>
<p>It really does depend on the tone and organization of both of your essays.</p>
<p>I wrote a great essay. I just told the story how it is. I was just wondering if I picked a bad topic.</p>
<p>Nothing is a bad topic if written well. That's the point.</p>
<p>You may think you've written a 'great essay' when you've actually written the most self-involved piece of writing ever. Not saying that's the case with you, but it is possible to have a fine piece of writing and an indulgent/sob-story tone.</p>
<p>My college counselor looked it over and she said it was great, I just wanted to get some more feed back from people.</p>
<p>^Thats the truth. I mean, its not the "topic" that defines the essay; its how YOU use the topic. But, if you've read over it and like it and if you've had other people read through it and tell you their thoughts on it, I don't see anything wrong with that topic at all.</p>
<p>Then I'm sure you're fine. The only thing I would be wary about is using the "overcame a great obstacle" story twice. Do you have something you are truly passionate about that you feel your application(s) doesn't (don't) reflect?</p>
<p>It's not the topic, it's what you do with the topic.</p>
<p>I'll read it :]</p>