Writing about moving to a new country/adapting too common?

<p>^^^^^^
I'm responding the diversity question the common app.</p>

<p>Bumping this thread. I’m interested in this question too – it’s quite relevant to my situation.</p>

<p>I’ve been hearing a lot of “there are no cliche topics, only cliche writing” lately. But I’m guessing the point is that if a topic is overused, then it’s difficult to put a fresh spin on it.</p>

<p>I wrote on a similar topic for practice, and my teacher told me it was too stereotypical to be a helpful essay. I scrapped it (I think he was right).</p>