<p>Do colleges prefer either?</p>
<p>It seems like most admissions officers would prefer community/moral driven essays that involve things outside of yourself rather than discovering who you truly are.</p>
<p>From reading essay prompts, I get the opposite impression that you do. However, how you interact with the community and how you make moral decisions are certainly relevant.</p>
<p>They need you to show the personal qualities and strengths they want in their class. It’s not at all like a hs essay where you take a stand. The point is to reveal more of yourself than stats and EC lists can show.</p>