Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:49
Subject: Re:Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:47
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
I don't think enough families have mantras for this to be passe. It sounds dull as shit but most admissions essays are.
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:46
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Just do it!
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:45
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Sounds cliche.
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:44
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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
07/24/2025 17:38
Subject: Re:Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Anonymous wrote: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
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
07/24/2025 17:36
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
you should write the essay first and then have your kid and the counselor review it
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:35
Subject: Re:Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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
07/24/2025 17:23
Subject: Re:Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Anonymous wrote:What is a family mantra?
+1
What is a "family mantra" ?
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:16
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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
07/24/2025 17:14
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Better the kid’s mantra than yours.
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:14
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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
07/24/2025 17:11
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
Not captivating is not the same as passe. I’d trust the counselor.
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:07
Subject: Re:Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
What is a family mantra?
Anonymous
07/24/2025 17:06
Subject: Family mantra as a college essay topic- still viable or passe?
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?
If your kid got into college already what were they told?