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A brilliant college essay topic doesn’t just showcase intelligence — it reveals personality, curiosity, humor, resilience, or the wonderfully weird way someone sees the world. Over the years, certain ...

This article appears in College Prep 2019. Teachers know it, guidance counselors know it, even colleges know it: High school students dread writing the personal college essay. The pressure is high, ...