What makes a good essay?

<p>I was going to write about how my parents never went to college but idk how i could relate that to me and make a good essay out of it? i'm lost on what to write about</p>

<p>Write an essay that you know nobody else could write but you. :)</p>

<p>That’s the advice I was given! Hope it helps ^__^</p>

<p>Write about an experience that shows something about YOU. That’s the main thing. People have gotten into top 25 colleges writing about things as silly as spaghetti or snow angels (as an extended metaphor), because their essay conveyed a lot of positive characteristics about themselves.</p>