<p>Considering talking about WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange’s ordeal with the US Government as Common app essay under the topic:</p>
<p>Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. </p>
<p>Was planning on writing about Freedom of Speech, and how Julian Assange has done nothing legally wrong. America troops committed war crimes and were caught out by footage uploaded to the website.
too controversial? :\ especially for NYU?</p>
<p>It wouldn’t focus mainly on the US government trying to catch Julian, more of the idea of freedom of speech being suppressed, that what the USA is doing is morally unethical…</p>
<p>Interesting topic all in all. Go for it!</p>
<p>For the second topic: if you can find a way to sound mostly objective on the case, it’d make a great essay. If you’re going to sound like your defending a case, then it’d be best to avoid it.</p>
<p>Working on the essay as well. Thinking about writing about the fear of oblivion and uselessness (with strong references to literature), and how I’ve overcome it. I’ll probably change it though. Kinda stuck to be honest. :P</p>
<p>Good luck! Are you applying ED1 or ED2?</p>
<p>Too controversial? No. NYU is one of the US’s most politically active schools and one of the most left-leaning.</p>
<p>I think subject matter is irrelevant. If it’s well written and it relates BACK TO YOU, then by all means, go for it. The former is especially important. You don’t just want to write about Julian Assange and his actions: you want to reveal something about yourself in the process.</p>