Essay help?

College Essays
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I am confused about which topic I should write my essay on?

  1. I was diagnosed with pnemounia and I couldn’t attend school for 3 months and right after that I suffered from depression and anxiety disorder. I can write about my struggle to keep my anxiety at the lowest and start facing the world again.
  1. How I managed to create my app startup and managed to learn 7 programming languages in 3 months and managed to make 4 android apps and get 50,000 downloads and get my startup exhibited at web summit.

Which topic should I write my essay on?

2
  1. I feel like it showcases skills you learned and the determination it took to do so.
3
  1. If pneumonia explains a dip in grades, mention that in additional info. Colleges want strong, determined, entrepreneurial students - not depressed ones.
4

Definitely write the second topic, as the first isn’t appropriate for a college essay.
If you would like to still clarify a toll your pneumonia diagnosis took on your grades, briefly mention it in the Additional Info section.

5

Don’t put the spotlight on negative episodes in your life. You can mention the pneumonia episode in the section for additional information. Do not make it the focus of your essay. The essay should not be an apology.

6

The point of the essay is to “give them a reason to say yes.”

It’s not a resume, it’s not an explanation for grades that are lower than you would like.

Look for something smaller, more mundane that will enable you to write about YOU, not events that have happened to you.