<p>There was an article by that title in my son’s school newspaper.</p>
<p>If that was an original title, that kid should be admitted to the Columbia School of Journalism.</p>
<p>I’m still laughing about it.</p>
<p>I agree, funny title. But my S’s two essays were about very ordinary pursuits: one was about his creative writing and the other about a science event. It was not about winning or losing and learning to deal with failure; just about his struggle to build an airplane that, to his amazement, actually flew.</p>
<p>Actually one thing that some applicants DO find difficult is that they can’t think of what to write about as they lead a fairly ordinary life. They have not had some huge hardship to overcome, etc. But what they don’t realize is that sometimes the very best essays start with ordinary things in their life, not some huge event or dilemma. So, an Easy Life can Make for a Good Essay. It might be hard to cull from the everyday life, but there is good stuff there waiting to be brought out.</p>
<p>Same story here. To borrow the acronym we have BWRK (Boring whitebread regular kind) problems! </p>
<p>My D wrote short one about an EC and long one about not fitting in, and how it changed her for the better. She wrote and threw out a few other essays… It took her three or four to find a main topic that really worked for her to talk about herself.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed that book “Essays that Worked.” It is a good book because it shows a wide range of topics, styles, etc and perusing it helped my D see that she could be more loose and personal with the essay.</p>