is this too cliche?

GroovyGeek
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:29:38 +0000

Look at published UChicago essays here (pay particular attention from the CC-ers who claimed admittance)
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=164537

Look at Tufts’ “Essays That Matter” here
Tufts University;

Notice that the vast majority deal with really simple, some would say trivial, topics, without any grandstanding, using very simple language. However, most of them really sound like they were written by a 17-year old, and tell you something about the author. Often the “something” is very, very ordinary.

Bottom line is, avoid the “eye opening” topics, ask yourself “if I did not have to go to school or write essays, what would I be doing with most of my time?”, then write about that.