Stuttering as a college essay topic

[strat728]

Hey guys, I'm a junior in high school and we're working on our college essay drafts in my AP english class. I've written a number of drafts regarding my ongoing battle with stuttering, and I was just wondering what you guys thought of writing about stuttering as a topic and if any of you can speak from experience.

Thanks

[emily445455]

I never have, personally....but I think it's a great idea for a paper.

[BenLZ]

I did it as mine. I can't tell if it worked as a positive or a negative. Regardless, the administrators are going to know because of teacher recommendations.

[peebee]

I'm not American so I dont know much about how your school system works but is this something you plan on giving Colleges for admission purposes? If so, I don't think it's a very good idea unless you wanted to study an area that would be somehow related to stuttering. The only other justification would be if you were applying to a more prestigious school and admissions wanted more then a good SAT and grades... you might be able to impress them if you wrote about how much you've overcome with stuttering. If you're just applying to a state school, a standard essay on a topic related to your field of study complimented with decent scores will do.

[grantM]

It is a nice topic as you can easily relate it from the heart.

[spacebow]

LOL deja vu! I posted this same topic on this same board back in like September of last year. I did end up writing my college essay on my speech impediment and how hard I tried to overcome it.

My advice? find a better topic if you can because a lot of people write about overcoming obstacles aand it has become way too cliche. If I have the chance to go back in time and resubmit my college essay, I would have picked a much more creative topic.