<p>Applying to top LACs and a few selective state schools and universities.</p>
<p>A sort of sad essay [it made me cry the first and second time I sat and wrote it]. I kinda went off the Common App topic of:</p>
<p>Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.</p>
<p>Any readers?! (Subject to Background Test!)</p>
<p>Wondering what I should take out/keep to make it a bit shorter and more succinct and concise. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>