635: College Essays: How Have You Impacted Your Community?

29 Jun

This summer Megan will focus on different college application essay topics, pinpointing common pitfalls and offering suggestions for strong responses. Today’s topic: “how have your impacted your community?”

— No, you don’t need to cure cancer to impact your community. 

— Impact is far more about what you DO than developing an activity with an impressive sounding title. 

— There are a lot of misleading rumors every year that try to crack the code on what activities sound good to college. 

— Community can be defined very broadly.

— This topic should prompt younger students to start evaluating their own activities.