<p>Is it a bad idea to write an essay that portrays you as a little pathetic? Maybe pathetic isn’t the right word, but I’ve started to write an essay about the time that I was robbed. There’s a courageous aspect to the story: I chased after the thief and got my stuff back. However, part of the essay focuses on how emotional I became afterward. It’s an interesting story, but I worry that colleges may think that I’m weak or unable to handle pressure.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone would fault you for freaking out after being robbed.</p>
<p>Is camping an overused topic? I was considering doing an essay about my first camping trip, which was a camping competition with my Girl Scout troop in my sophmore year of high school.</p>
<p>To dukereginald: I find your essay subject matter quite intriguing and something that I would be interested in reading. Showing weakness in an essay won’t doom you to the rejected pile, especially if you show through your writing how you overcame this particlar episode in your life. </p>
<p>To KaiserinSisi: I don’t know much about Girl Scouts so perhaps this would be a new topic for me but it might be repetitive for colleges who come across similar essays. I guess it really depends on how you approach the material.</p>
<p>"Is camping an overused topic? I was considering doing an essay about my first camping trip, which was a camping competition with my Girl Scout troop in my sophmore year of high school. "</p>
<p>It all depends on how you portray yourself. If its just another generic girl scout essay, then no it wont really help. See if there is something unique that happened or something. Life experiences for example</p>
<p>Thank you, both of you. </p>
<p>What would you consider a generic Girl Scout essay?</p>
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<p>A cliche is known to most people, if not everyone. A cliche might be true, but cliches in your college essays won’t set you apart from other applicants.</p>
<p>Here is a cliche about Girl Scouts, something that practically anyone could write:</p>
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<p>[Who</a> We Are: Facts](<a href=“http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/]Who”>http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/)</p>
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<p>Avoid cliches in your essays. </p>
<p>Instead: aim for personal, detailed, and revealing. Aim for an essay so personal, so you, that only you could have written it. </p>
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<p>There is good advice at:</p>
<p>[Essays</a>, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]Essays”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice, and for that link (the second one). That site is very helpful.</p>
<p>I m gonna to write about an international phenomenon. I writing about human trafficking and how this phenomenon is related with our virtues nowdays.</p>
<p>Its a strong subject but will it be a great topic for the commonapp essay?</p>
<p>^The important thing to remember is to reveal yourself. This is more difficult, though certainly not impossible, to do when discussing a political issue.</p>
<p>Thank you chic.Maybe I will write about a personal experience and what i learn from that.</p>