<p>Also known as the college essay, perhaps one of the most important factors in the application process. Now, I’m a pretty good writer, but I have absolutely no idea what to write about. The suggestions in both the Columbia and Common Apps are so open ended.</p>
<p>What are you (my fellow rising seniors) planning on writing about?</p>
<p>I’ve been considering writing about:
A- My volunteering with the local ambulance corps. (I’ve only been on one call, though, and won’t start EMT training until September.)
B- My trip to Israel. (Although I don’t know how impressed adcoms will be that one of my favorite parts was Gadna and learning how to shoot an M-16.)
C- ???</p>
<p>A. Chaos/Order and how it confuses me.
B. My passion for history.
C. Going from a “godless” communist country to live in the Holy Land for 4 years.</p>
<p>And I hate the UChicago prompts. They make me feel pressured to think like somebody who takes LSD 7 hours a day.</p>
<p>I dont like the UChicago prompts either…
My writings are the best when I’m freewriting, not thinking about x’s and y’s and complicated asymptotes and whatnot.</p>
<p>My personal statement has a really weird style. Ok i tried typing the general outline out but I had to backspace it all because it’s so complicated lol</p>
<p>LOL, yeah I’m glad I’m not applying to UChi…I wouldn’t know where to start with that prompt! Anyway, I’m thinking about writing about going to my new school and the music I listen to and how they are related.</p>