StrawberryMayo

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

Would writing about how I lost 55 pounds earlier this year (I would write about how it affected my life and about my sheer determination and whatnot) be a good topic?

Also, in the short answer, would it be okay if I use an essay that I used for a college that didn't use the common app? It's the same topic, and I would be making modifications, of course.

dntw8up

Just about any topic, including weight loss, is fine. It's what you do with the topic that matters.

railoraine

"Also, in the short answer, would it be okay if I use an essay that I used for a college that didn't use the common app? It's the same topic, and I would be making modifications, of course."


Sure, why not? As long as you can make it fit, there is no reason not to. It is not like the schools will read each other your essays.

Oh, and congrats on the weight loss. I think that it is a good topic, yeah. Maybe just take extra care to focus it on an emotional level and on feeling healthier rather than a superficial, "I look better now and am therefore happier," level.

StrawberryMayo

Is the essay supposed to have a thesis in the first paragraph? I gave the essay to my English teacher, and he told me to include a thesis in the opening paragraph. Is the essay supposed to be really formal? I really don't like the corrections he made on my essay.

And would it be risky to end the essay with "I may have come off as being boa(s)(t)(f)(u)(l) - (that word is censored for some reason on here) throughout this whole essay, but I am genuinely happy with what I have done and am truly thankful for what came out of it."?