Write a more personal essay about grandma or about a mean friend?

<p>Ok, I only have a week left until my college apps are due and I have no weekends in between and I am in desperate need of help.
The topic is: write an essay about someone in which you tell about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how and why this person is important to you.
I thought about writing about my mom or grandma. That would make my essay more personal and a lot real to write on. As i love these twi people and have a buch of nice words and i just love love love them. But i think any of these two would be hard to make perfect since a lot of people choose essay from family. My other choice was over one of my mean friends who had a positive impact on me. I thought this would distinguish me from the pack. But it's hard to be personal on this one and it looks really clustered.I want to mention two example scenarios with my cousin in this. One before her influencing me and one after. Or maybe I would just narrow it down to one. It's kind of hard to be real on this one and I don't know why. Maybe I want it to look more amazing? And I'm a great story maker but not a teller or great in writing or being passionate and personal
Any help please??? I haven't even started writing my two others.</p>

<p>Help please!!! I am seriously crying right now because of the amount of time I have left</p>

<p>You keep saying that you don’t think you can be “real” on the one about your mean friend, so why not be authentic and do it on your mother or grandmother?</p>