Discuss some issue of personal,
local, national or international concern
and its importance to you.
This question is among
the hardest to answer. Even here you
need to stay personal. If a cause is
important to you or you have a strong
opinion about it, relate it back to
your life. What about you, your experiences,
or your upbringing has made this issue
resonate for you? Why do you care? Does
the issue affect you personally in any
way?
Be sure to write about
both sides of the issues to show that
you can think objectively and logically.
Showing that you are passionate
is great; showing that you are one-sided
or bull-headed is not. Finally, be sure
to refrain from making sweeping generalizations
about issues that would be out of your
range of experience.
From
ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE,
by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and
Chris Dowhan.
Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman.
Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's
Educational Series, Inc.
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