Non-Traditional Essay Topic!?!?!?!?!?!?

absent
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:36:23 +0000

If it’s a great essay, it’s a great essay—you shouldn’t be worried about the topic, but about what you’ve actually written.

In my opinion, though, writing about such a broad topic could cause you to lose focus in your essay (by trying to cover too much), could make your essay very boring or dry (with no personal anecdotes or stories), or could be seen as some pretentious crap written by a teenager who thinks he has the world all figured out.

Try to get other opinions about your essay if possible. Nonetheless, if the essay you’ve written reveals a good deal your personality and interests, and is interesting and well-written, you have nothing to fear by being “non-traditional.”