Is this a good college essay topic?

lookingforward
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:53:11 +0000

Sorry. I pulled the quote from your thread in mid-November. What matters, btw, is unweighted gpa and actual grades on the transcript, esp those related to your possible major, then some other cores. And JEI is great, but a middle and high school journal and much of the competition will have this sort of pattern or more.

I’m not trying to be hard on you, just frank.

So on that note, I get that you’re searching for a topic meaningful to you- the “you” that you know and enjoy. But you need a better arc of sorts to balance these tales you’re coming up with. It’s not elementary school or proclaiming you’re now flourishing. It has to “show” in some example(s.) They have to feel it, see it, for themselves.

Duke will look for certain traits. You want a nice, tighly written, interesting narrative that ends up making it clear to the reader, on its own. Traits that the school looks for and wants in the class. What did you learn that’s relevant, how did this stretch you in ways that had some benefit to others around you?

Throw out some more ideas. But remember, it’s not just about you, now you’re more confident or grateful or whatever. It’s how you let them envison you active, open, engaged, stretching, testing yoursel, and more, once on campus.