<p>i wrote about how im obsessed with history and specifically the 1960s in america. i talked about how the 60s reflect alot about me...im really liberal and all about rights and youth activism, ect.</p>
<p>I used the lotus blossom (hence, my name :)) as an image for how people are multi-layered, then talked about my different interests, hobbies, etc. to try and show that I think I'm multi-layered and well-rounded. I'm an Indian-American, and the lotus is the national flower of India, so I thought it would be a nice image to represent me.</p>
<p>i wrote about learning to crochet, and how i hope to shape my own education since i've designed so much, etc, it just fit their 'type' of college i guess.</p>
<p>I used my common app essay (topic of my choice)</p>
<p>It talked about my addiction to lawnmowing and how it's a cathartic experience for me. Really risky, crazy, manic. <3 <3 <3 it.</p>
<p>I wrote about decisions and how I had a tough decision to make on a school trip when I had to decide whether to turn in my peers when they were drinking and smoking pot.</p>
<p>I wrote how about I worked with a physics professor this summer. I did not focus on the research though, and talked about the conversations we had and how they changed me.</p>
<p>It was the same as my common app.</p>
<p>i wrote how i saved a kids life by CPR was that a good move or not</p>
<p>well it wasn't that serious but still i did save life life</p>
<p>"I wrote about decisions and how I had a tough decision to make on a school trip when I had to decide whether to turn in my peers when they were drinking and smoking pot."</p>
<p>wow thats risky..i hope you didn't turn them in tho haha</p>
<p>to the OP: what were you going to be made into?</p>
<p>my essay was about an experience that changed my view on happiness and made me a very un-materialistic person.</p>
<p>well, i used my brown essay for my common app essay lol</p>
<p>I wrote about how I lived without electricity and running water for the first years of my life, and how that affected my maturation. I thought it was unique enough.</p>
<p>also used my common app</p>
<p>I used pageantry as a big metaphor. Each phase represented a different aspect of my personality and was somehow learned through competing in pageants. </p>
<p>Unique enough... I hope</p>
<p>""I wrote about decisions and how I had a tough decision to make on a school trip when I had to decide whether to turn in my peers when they were drinking and smoking pot."</p>
<p>wow thats risky..i hope you didn't turn them in tho haha"</p>
<p>ehh I know. But I figured, risk, reward. maybe?! But it was more about the decision making process in general and how you need to think long term not short term.</p>
<p>I wrote about feeding the ducks in a provincial city in Russia with some Russian girls and how I actually felt like a part of the culture. I personally credit that night with helping me decide that I want to live abroad for a while...</p>
<p>i used my common app essay as well</p>
<p>i wrote about the tattoo i plan on getting and what it means to me</p>
<p>i wrote about how i walked out of class out of protest bc my 7th grade teacher was a sexist and kinda pedophilic (is that a word?). after i walked out of class some kids followed me, i led a walkout at 12, it was sooo cool. hopefully its unique but not too risky or something</p>
<p>i wrote about being the middle child of 5...how it has shaped me/is shaping me...etc</p>