In a world where it can be difficult to decide on a college essay topic, people are often left looking for inspiration in order to write it early, this inspiration can come from anything, but as hard as it is some people have already figured it out.
Often times people find their most emotional experiences in their past so they can display the most accurate versions of themselves, sometimes these emotional experiences aren’t happy but they make you who you are. “Honestly I’m not completely sure yet, but I most likely would dig up some trauma from my past; There were times I was almost taken advantage of and scenarios I’d rather not speak about, but surviving those times made who I am and I’m proud of myself,” Arsema Sileshi said.
While also wanting to learn about your past and your lineage, colleges also want to learn about your changes and how that change is not only a challenge for you to overcome, but a message that you’ve sent to the world around you. “I’ll probably write about different experiences in my life that have changed me as a person, different events that have changed me for the better, big turning points of my life and big realizations that I’ve come to over time. Showing change is ideally how I want to do most of my essays. I’ll probably also some silly metaphors for some essays to as in how something simple can be related to the overall arcing narrative of the lives we live,” Landon Theaker said.
In addition to yourself and the changes that make you who you are, you also need to connect your story to the field you are trying to get into; Why do you want to pursue this career? What inspired you to pursue this field? Why do those experiences make you a good choice for this field? These are questions you should be asking yourself because colleges will be asking them as well. “I’ve wanted to pursue a career in astrophysics to better understand our universe. It’s all about the discovery for me and finding this impossible, finding things that nobody has ever seen before. Plus, the fact that the discovery can be revolutionary depending on what it is and when you find it. My love for astrophysics comes from when I was young. I watched a documentary that sparked my interest and ever since I was fascinated with it. Eventually I decided that this is what I wanted to do,” Armand Porcincula said.