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List them here: Friend or Family Member #1 Friend or Family Member #2 1.________________________________ 1. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 3.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 4.________________________________ 4. ________________________________ 5.________________________________ 5. ________________________________ List four accomplishments you have made over the last four years. (Don't limit yourself to those for which you have been formally recognized. The most interesting essays are often based on accomplishments that gain significance only when placed within the context of one's life.) 1.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 4. ________________________________ List three to four areas in which you consider yourself very knowledgeable. 1.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 4. ________________________________ List your most important extracurricular or community activities. 1.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 4. ________________________________ List four people whom you respect and admire. They can be real or fictional, dead or alive. 1.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 4. _______________________________ What is your favorite book or movie? ______________________________________ Who is your favorite musician? _________________________________ List two times you failed miserably: 1.________________________________ 2. ________________________________ Ask your parent(s)/guardian(s) for five event(s) in your life that s/he/they will always remember: 1.________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 5.________________________________ If you were marooned on a desert island, what five things (besides the necessities) would you want to have with you? 1.________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 2.________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 5.________________________________ When you are choosing a topic for your college essay, consider the big picture -- the overall impression that your transcript, your letters of recommendation, your list of activities, your summer experiences, your employment experience, your standardized test scores, all the rest of the packet you are sending in -- and then consider what aspect of you and your life is missing. 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