Cmc biography examples

A few things to keep in mind as you brainstorm possible topics for this prompt:

• Don’t think you have to write about a knee-jerk issue and a blow-up here. You can. But the point of this prompt is essentially to help a college see the kind of student you will be in a classroom—can you engage with people who disagree with you in ways that lead to productive discussions rather than just shouting or conflict.

  (See Tips below for more on this.)

• Focus more on the engagement, change, and growth than on the conflict. How you engaged on the issue, what you learned, and how you grew are far more important to your readers here than the conflict itself.

  You can plan on spending fairly little word count on the conflict/topic, so that you can spend most of your time exploring some deeper whys.

Here’s an example essay to illustrate how you can approach this prompt (and others like it, since it’s a fairly common one).

Example

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