Should I write my essay on facing depression?

intparent
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:51:47 +0000

I don’t happen to agree with posters who seem to think that only people with challenges their life circumstances suffer from (or are “allowed to suffer from”) depression. ANYONE can have this issue – just like anyone can have issues with heart disease, kidney disease, etc. The brain is an organ of the body, and depression often has a chemical or biological basis. It cuts across all sections of society. So I actually disagree with THAT as a reason to not write on this topic.

But as I think I already said above, it isn’t the thing you most want them to know about you. And I don’t even think the “couple of sentences” makes sense. Change your topic altogether. I suspect you are blocked in coming up with other ideas, but you need to spend some time doing that. I am thinking you are a junior, right? You have time. Start jotting down a list of things… ECs you do that are unusual, interests you have that many others don’t, etc. One of my kids wrote an essay on how she has tried to imitate Sherlock Holmes ever since reading his books in middle school. Another wrote on studying an unusual foreign language and then traveling to the country where it spoken. One also wrote an essay on her favorite EC (speech, Great Speeches category) – how she got interested, how it has changed how she views the news and the world, and how it makes her feel. One wrote an essay on her hobby of entomology. You need to expand the universe of what you are thinking about for topics.