How to Brainstorm a Great College Essay Topic

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In this video, I share a few tips on how to brainstorm a great personal statement topic. We'll talk about what makes a great topic in the first place, as well as how to figure out whether your college essay topic is likely to work or not. Oh, and I talk a bit about you should ignore the Common App prompts when just starting out. • Chapters: • 00:00 – Introduction • 00:56 – Why you should ignore Common App prompts • 01:40 – What makes a great topic? • 01:54 – How to figure out if your topic stands out • 02:29 – Types of structure (Narrative vs Montage) • 02:51 – Montage essay structure qualities • 04:32 – Narrative essay structure qualities • 05:50 – Common topics you might want to avoid • 06:49 – How to find a great personal statement topic • 07:03 – The Five Things exercise • 08:45 – The 21 Details exercise • 11:20 – The I Love exercise • 13:13 – Don't overthink this (too much) • ✌️WHO AM I? ✌️ • I’m Ethan (College Essay Guy) and my goal is to bring more ease, joy, purpose, and access to the college admission process. I wrote two Amazon bestsellers on college essays and each year my team and I reach more than 1MM students and counselors via www.collegeessayguy.com. • 🧠 MY UPCOMING + ONDEMAND *PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN COURSES 🧠 • Student Courses: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/colle... • Counselor Courses: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/colle... • *All my courses are pay-what-you-can. • 💯 WORK WITH ME MY TEAM 💯 • One-on-one: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/colle... • Free 1-on-1 for low income students: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/match... • ✍ RESOURCES ✍ • 📖 Free Personal Statement Guide: https://bit.ly/ps-free-guide • 🎙 Podcast: https://bit.ly/CEGPodcast • • 📘 College Admission Essentials: https://bit.ly/3qdEklN • 📙 College Essay Essentials: https://bit.ly/3vIjtbs • 🌍 SOCIAL 🌍 • 📸 Instagram: / collegeessayguy • 🐦 Twitter: / collegeessayguy • 👍 Facebook: / collegeessayguy • ✋ QUESTIONS? ✋ • Leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos or follow me on Instagram. • 👍🏻 Your likes comments tell YouTube this is quality content and help me grow the channel. Clicking the notification bell 🔔will ping you when a new video comes out. And please feel free to share with friends. Thanks, y’all. Stay curious.

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