<p>My son and I are in a major disagreement regarding his college essay.Any advice</p>
<p>What ever he writes should give the admissions people further information about who he is.</p>
<p>No advice unless we know what his idea is vs. your idea.</p>
<p>A friend who is a school guidance counselor at a private school advised my D to write something only she could write.</p>
<p>Without more information from you … I’d have to say, butt out – it’s his college application, not yours. With more info, I might change my mind… maybe his idea really is stupid or wrong-headed – but parents often have the wrong idea of what colleges want to see in an essay. Often the very best thing an applicant can do is to submit a 'risk" essay, because it helps bring life to the application and makes it stand out from the rest.</p>