College Essay Topics?

itdoesdeath
Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:34:51 +0000

Those look like solid topics provided that you write about them with a distinctive style/sufficient quality. I wrote about my experiences touring a concentration camp as someone with both Nazi-era German and Jewish heritage for my common app essay; the intersection of feminism, knitting, and Batman for one of my supplements; my favorite English class (the question is, what’s your favorite class and why); the Core and why I liked it; and using poetry to communicate queer rights advocacy to local communities. You’ll have space to get fairly personal on two of the supplements, but the other two tend to veer toward the generic (why do you want to go to Columbia and what was your favorite high school class).