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Hi everyone! I’ve just begun brainstorming my Common App essay. I’m considering combining my ideas to create the best essay possible. Please let me know if these topics are be too basic and don’t fully showcase my personality. I’d love to hear your thoughts on which topics you believe would be most effective. Thank you so much for your help!

Here are my ideas:

1. My passion for singing and how it has allowed me to use my voice for advocacy.
2. How my inability to read when I was younger led to self-doubt as I grew up, but also helped me appreciate how far I’ve come.
3. My dog’s lack of affection since he was a puppy and how he’s aging and slowly dying. I realized that his lack of affection was actually his way of showing love, but I didn’t understand it until it was too late.
4. My love for learning new things, especially history.