Essay topic advice

College Essays
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<p>Hi,
I’m a bit unsure if my chosen topic fits well.
I chose to talk about perfectionism and how it affected my life. So, mainly:

  • when i was a child sometimes I would get really obsessed by something. One obsession that was quite strong was the one I had with fountain pens. I think I must’ve bought at least 20 fountain pens to which I would bend their tips so they can write the way I wanted them to. And then I’d spend days writing and if I didnt like something I’d ripe off the page and write only for it to look perfect at the end.
    -the turning point is that coming from an artistic family, the moment that I took up drawing arrived. The issue was that in drawing, you can’t control and mainly you are expected to make mistakes in order to correct your perception of things. I was having a hard time due to the fact that not only I avoided mistakes like the plague but I had become highly critical and any poor attempt disappointed me a lot.
    -gradually, I leaned into this discomfort and started to accept and embrace mistakes, although the feeling of not good enough still haunts me.
  • also throughout high school I had kept my grades to the maximum, but I dont know if it’s ok to divert to grades in the essay.</p>

<p>I also have some paragraphs I made, if anyone is willing to give me feedback.
I’m mainly concerned about whether the topic is a bit childish and if the style of the essay isn’t too story-like-ish.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Anyone? Willing to read a rough draft at least ? Thanks</p>

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<p>Don’t bother talking about your grades, they’ll already have your transcript. Did you have some kind of special access to fountain pens, like if your parents ran a stationary store or something? Otherwise I’d be a little wary, collecting fountain pens kind of sounds like a parody of a rich kid. I’m not hating, I’m from an upper-middle class background myself and I know you don’t choose who you’re born to, but I feel like the cultural baggage attached to fountain pens might overshadow your essay.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure I understand what you mean. In my country fountain pens are not that expensive and quite popular to write with. I wasn’t exactly collecting them, I was manipulating their tips so they could write how I wanted, because I was obsessed with a certain way of writing, visually speaking. </p>