Your Common App essay doesn't need a trauma dump. It needs a moment.

Wilkinson

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To the user yesterday who asked about writing an essay on failing to make roti (bread) perfectly round: THAT IS A PERFECT TOPIC. .

So many people think a "challenge" has to be life-threatening. It doesn't.
The Formula:
  1. Specific, tangible task (making round bread).
  2. Failure (it comes out square/weird).
  3. Initial reaction (gave up/avoidance).
  4. Realization (avoidance = future failure).
  5. New approach (asked grandma/watched tutorials).
  6. Broader meaning (perfection is isolating, community enables growth).
    Don't worry about the topic being "too small." Worry about the insight being too shallow.
 
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