How do I use this as my advantage in college application essay?

College Essays
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<p>so…
i’ve been in the US for almost 5 years now, and i’m trying to make my application essay sound good, not sappy or pitiful, but u know, inspiring i guess?
but how? like should i compare me now and before i came to the US? or are there better ideas? </p>

<p>THANKS!!!</p>

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<p>Talk about how your experiences changed you as a person (for the better…) I would pick one circumstance that relatively sums your entire change. </p>

<p>Such as, </p>

<p>Haha this will sound silly. </p>

<p>A time you went to a sandwich shop, and tried something new that you never had before on the recommendation of a friend, and you realized that you had learned to put trust in people, and how the friend has further changed you as a person.</p>

<p>Yes I know that most everywhere in the world one can get a sandwich.</p>

<p>Don’t laugh.</p>

<p>Make it spiral upwards from a minute situation.</p>

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<p>Talk about how you are very cultured now, and very accepting of others and appreciative of the variety that life has to offer. Something like that.</p>

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<p>these ideas sounds good,</p>

<p>thanks</p>