<p>im thinking about writing how in the most craziest of places i managed to find inspiration to apply to my life from a fortune cookie. Im gonna talk about how it changed my mindset on getting good grades. (i used to just be competitive and try to get good grades to impress my parents)
the fortune cookie said “succeed for yourself and not for others” </p>
<p>**i have no idea how this kind of idea will go with the college admins…its a little weird but is it what they’re looking for?</p>
<p>It sounds like it has potential. Give it a try and see what happens!</p>
<p>^ I agree. If you find that you can’t expand much, it’s okay to change it to something else. The point of the essays is to make yourself stand out from the thousands of other applicants, and saying how a fortune cookie changed you is definitely unusual (not in a bad way :D).</p>
<p>If you can do it without sounding absurd, why not</p>
<p>This looks like a good topic. Include details that relate it back to you because it could be easy to lose sight of your point</p>
<p>thank you for the advice and input(: !! bump</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters. Write it and see how it turns out. It could go either way, as any essay could. But a different essay will garner more positive attention from the admins.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good idea, just remember to not talk about things already in your app (like grades, ECs, etc). Try it and see what you come up with, and remember to get lots of people to proofread it for you.</p>