Writing about a troubled time in your life and how it changed you on the college essa

College Essays
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<p>Is it a good idea to write about a troubled childhood or something like that (growing up in a bad environment) a troubled experience, etc.</p>

<p>And then explaining how it shaped you as a person and how you will use the experience to help others in the future or something along those lines</p>

<p>Is it okay to try to get adcoms to sympathize with you?</p>

<p>Will it help?</p>

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<p>i wouldn’t make the essay sounds like its pleading for sympathy lol, that’s a little overboard. I would just focus on how it changes you.</p>

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<p>Quote: “A good writer can make any topic interesting, and a weak writer can make even the most dramatic topic a bore.”</p>

<p>The real question is: Are you a good writer? Topic is irrelevant.</p>