Weight loss a good essay topic?

lookingforward
Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:53:52 +0000

Don’t make them smack their head when a bright kid writes about weight loss. It’s not something relevant to what they look for. (They’d have to do a big leap to pull the attributes they want to find from that.) I think that if we, as adults with lots of life experience, were applying, some of us could angle this to make it make sense, but it would be incredibly tough for a high schooler.

What you may be able to do is use your new ‘heath awareness’ as one small illustration of your growth. But to focus the essay on it misses the point.

And you’ve stated targets including Stanford, Caltech, and Berkeley. I’d suggest you pick a topic in line with their standards. You mention not having many ECs. You have some hurdles here and should be savvy about what you present.

When they ask you to "“tell a story that you wouldn’t be the same without,” they still expect an appropriate choice of response, not just any something extremely important to you, in private. Try to remember, you’re writing for strangers reviewing not only your record, but how you think.