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[quote=Anonymous]I have to say that when I was reading DCUM College last Sunday, I was taken by the kid who wrote his college essay on "Just Being a Nice Guy".  (If anyone remembers, this was the kid who played the bagpipes and spent the summer as a chocolatier in France).

DD has a terribly conservative and dull college advisor who asked the juniors to think of people who inspired them (she wants the kids to begin crafting their essays this summer as rising seniors) or an event that changed their lives.

Okay -so here is my feeling (and I might be wrong), I would like DD to branch out and write about who she truly is - not another essay about her hard-working, immigrant grandparents or some national event she was on the fringes on.  This is a white, suburban kid who has had virtually no hardship in her life -- but she has an amazing sense of humor and a wonderfully irreverent and self-deprecating personality.  She has the stats and leadership positions to get into one of the top 50 universities -- which one may well depend on her essay.

So -- what were/are the topics of your kid's essays?  And did you steer them in one direction or the other?  [/quote]

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