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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These private counselors often offer terrible advice.

Also, "how the pandemic affected me" can be a great topic if it's sincere, interesting, and sounds authentically like an 18yo.[/quote]

99% likely aren’t that interesting…the pandemic literally affected everyone so I doubt the kid is writing anything that hasn’t been written about a 1000 times.
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Some kids had drastically different experiences than others.

Some kids got to stay home in large, comfortable houses with parents who were safely working remotely. Or with SAHMs. Their only hardship was listening to their parents complain about how awful it was to be around their kids all day.

Other kids were in smaller places, or had limited internet, or had parents who were risking their lives by working in person all day, or had to take care of younger siblings. Some kids had parents or grandparents die.[/quote]

there is a separate space in the common app to share how you were impacted by covid so I'd share those details there rather than making the main essay about it.[/quote]

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