Risky UC Essay Topic? Adultery

College Essays
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<p>UC prompt #2:
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?</p>

<p>Hello, first of all I would like to thank anyone taking the time to read this. Your help is appreciated.</p>

<p>So about a year or so ago, I found out that my dad (married) was sleeping with another woman (a close friend of his). My dad doesn’t know I know this. I never confronted him about it nor told my mom. It was just too hard to accept it, and it fills me with pain to think about it.
This can also tie in to how I have trouble expressing my affection towards my parents.</p>

<p>I was wondering if this topic would be a too risky or off-putting to the adcoms.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry this has happened in your family, but I don’t see how this would in any way fit this prompt. They are looking for your personal quality, talent, etc, and the prompt further asks how this quality or accomplishment makes you proud. Regardless of whether this would be risky (it would be, at best), it simply doesn’t seem to be responsive.</p>

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<p>The prompt includes an experience that is important to you.</p>

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<p>I am aware. The prompt further states (per your original post): What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?</p>

<p>IMO, this is your chance to talk about an accomplishment and why it made you proud. Don’t know how you do that with this topic. This is my opinion only.</p>

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<p>This isn’t an appropriate topic for college essay, and it doesn’t fit this writing prompt. The prompt ask for something you are PROUD of. </p>

<p>Since this experience affected you, I suggest you write about it in your journal or just a piece of paper to help you heal and move on it. Get this off your mind so you can focus your best writing on your college essays.</p>

<p>Good luck! : )</p>

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<p>If you have time, write out the answer, see if it works, and if it doesn’t, move on. You have to experiment to get good results and you shouldn’t be deterred by what seems like a risky topic if it feels honest and relevant.</p>