Which common app essay topic will give me the best chance of admission to colleges?

College Essays
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<li><p>An experience I had that taught me the importance of stewardship and solidarity, and how that experience shaped my character and impacted my life. </p></li>
<li><p>An experience where my brother passed away and I had to take on a lot more responsibility and be there for my family, and how that impacted my life as well. (This was more recent, so I won’t be able to discuss as much impact)</p></li>
<li><p>My experience in an organization called Key Club. Nothing has changed my character more and developed me as a true leader. I have had several leadership positions, above the club level as well, managing about 8 clubs at once.</p></li>
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<p>It is impossible to say without seeing the essays themselves - a cliché or awful-sounding topic can be tuned into a great essay if you’re a great writer.</p>

<p>If you’re using this post to try and figure out what you should write, then, with all respect, I think you’re going about the essay the wrong way. Write whichever essay calls to you the most. Do they all call to you equally? Write a bit of all of them and see which one is easiest for you to write and flows the best.</p>

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<p>I’d generally vote for #1 or #3. But without more details, hard to say. Remember that the essay needs to reveal YOU as a person, and the goal is to show the admissions officers something unique and interesting about yourself that makes them want you on campus.</p>

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<p>The one that will gain you admission is the one you can write the best about. Start writing and see where it can fit.</p>