Writing a College Essay: Brainstorming Topics

Deciding what to write your college essay about can be one of the most stressful parts of the Common Application. While supplemental essay questions normally give you more guidance about your topic, the Common App purposefully leaves the essay prompt open ended. So what should you write about?

When you start brainstorming your essay topic, it’s important to have a few super solid ideas that you can work with. Therefore, if one of your ideas doesn’t end up panning out well in an essay, you can go back to the drawing board with another solid idea!

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