Seniors Classwork... for your college essay

Choose one of the six essay options we discussed yesterday.  These essay topics all come from the Common Application.

• 1) Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

• 2) Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.

• 3) Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

• 4) Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.

• 5) A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.

• 6) Topic of your choice

 

If you want to see examples of good college essays for each of the options, you may wish to read about.com's college information.  The people who are writing these essays are obviously not going to have the same life experience as you, but you can take note of the tone and the content of the essays.

Please write the introduction to your college essay now in Google Docs.  Title your essay Last Name, First Name College Essay.  Then, share it with me at etanzer111@gmail.com.

If you are planning to turn this into a cover letter, please choose options 1 or 5.