Mention controversial interest in essay - or sanitize it?

Knowsstuff
Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:34:43 +0000

gsssg:

Maybe I’ll pick a different topic.

Do that. You seem stuck. You also seem to not understand what this essay is about for college . Set this subject aside for a bit and try something else.

You don’t want to lecture to your reader or write above their knowledge base. Kinda boring. You got like 10 minutes for the whole application. That first paragraph has to bring in your reader.

You mentioned upthread about liking to go “Deeper”. I would want to learn about that. Colleges like students that like to challenge themselves. Tell me more. Colleges also like active participation on campus. How will you do this?

I like essays that are personal, unique and interesting. Talking about this and that medication for brain disorders is none of that. It might make for an interesting research paper once in college though.

You like brain disorders. Cool. Great opening line." I love learning about brain disorders". That might pique my interest. But how does this relate back to your major? How does it make you “Go deeper”. What will you do on campus? You don’t want to come across 100%only academic. That won’t impress anyone. Flag football is also something awesome to do on campus.

Good luck. .

Note :I didn’t read the rest of the thread but just did. You are getting good advice and I just repeated it without reading the above before.