College essay time

[azmom]

Can't get my daughter to start her college essay. My ideas are old and tired according to her. Any new fresh ideas out there about what to write about?

[Scuba]

1. Perhaps she could write about the recycling of old and tired ideas ...

... or maybe about election rigging, which is timely.

[ellisonz]

2. She's got to do it on her own.

[Chan790]

3. I didn't want to start mine either...

which turned out fine because the colleges I applied to, all wanted essays on specific topics to insure you hadn't just written one highly-polished and heavily-edited (or professionally-edited) essay. The topics were vague and would allow you to write about pretty much whatever you wanted, but put in such a way as to necessitate writing something from scratch.

What does she want to write about?

[HopeHoops]

4. Space squid penis invasion. What other topic is there?

[riderinthestorm]

5. Isn't there a specific question to be answered?

My oldest is a fair few years past doing it, and my youngest is 16 so I'm not savvy anymore to the process. But I thought they asked a specific question - like about a life changing event or the usual bullshit.

Does she get the opportunity to just submit 500 words of her own thoughts and prose??


Honestly, I think that's very, very cool.

[SCALA13]

6. Funny...

just last week I ended up doing a essay the day before it was due, had to stay up all nite on campus and later on at a computer lounge then headed to class when I was done.Tell her college life can be very complicated when you procrastinate.

[XemaSab]

7. Peace corps essay:

A time when I learned something from someone of another culture.

[Xyzse]

8. First, which college is she applying to.

If you can figure out a way to incorporate the mascot in to it, I think that might be a bonus.

If I had to do it all over, I'd create an allegory on the Turtle and span it from quick origin, quick mention of evolution, and then the journey through the oceans hinting at wanting to learn through the exploration.

I don't know...

[Angry Dragon]

9. Have her write about MFM ... plenty of material there

[Callalily]

10. Now would be a good time to

just let go. Your daughter knows what's expected of her, she knows she has to write an essay, she knows when it's due. Let her be. Let her do what she has to do on her own timeline. She's under enough stress already.