Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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Anonymous
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We have a family mantra for our household that I thought would be great essay material for DD’s application but DD was advised by her high school college counselor that it’s not captivating enough. Really?
If your kid got into college already what were they told? |
Anonymous
| What is a family mantra? |
Anonymous
| Not captivating is not the same as passe. I’d trust the counselor. |
Anonymous
| Did your kid make up the mantra? Can your kid say something interesting about it that sheds light on them? Does your kid want to write about it? |
Anonymous
| Better the kid’s mantra than yours. |
Anonymous
| I understand your impulse to ask, but maybe (after getting input from you and the counselor, but not hordes of internet strangers), your daughter should decide what she wants to write about? |
Anonymous
+1 What is a "family mantra" ? |
Anonymous
| We have what I would consider a family mantra and DD used it in her essay. We did not have a college counselor to tell her no. I thought it did a good job on tying all her activities and interests together and what she wanted to do in college. Currently at a t10. I would guess it's all how you use it in the essay |
Anonymous
| you should write the essay first and then have your kid and the counselor review it |
Anonymous
I hate posts like this. If you think there’s any “cause and effect” involved here you’re nuts. “My kid wrote X essay and got into Y school because of it?” Nope |
Anonymous
| We did a tour of a slac and the person leading the information session gave a couple of ideas of essays she liked and one was about a family tradition. I say go for it! |
Anonymous
| Sounds cliche. |
Anonymous
| Just do it! |
Anonymous
| I don't think enough families have mantras for this to be passe. It sounds dull as shit but most admissions essays are. |
Anonymous
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Worked for Stuart Smalley.
https://youtu.be/6ldAQ6Rh5ZI?si=LbAIOE9GHjlKAk2t |