3、   Before writing a draft, select a topic that you are familiar with, such as accomplishments other than academics, or successes/failures that have altered your lifestyle and outlook. Try to choose a topic that is interesting to the reader. The college essay is a practice used to elicit the real you, it is not the forum for penning your darkest secrets or hidden fears (anything too personal will only bore the reader). General essays with no topic restrictions are common ground for such blunders. To avoid them, a great deal of thought and brainstorming must go into topic selection.

   The essay should convey to the reader acts, thoughts, and people that you cherish most, with believable backing using real-life incidents. Thus, the topic you select must highlight the following three aspects of your personality.

1.       Your preferences: what you are for or against.

2.       Your values: what matters to you most.

3.    Your though-process: a focused and sincere essay signifies planning and effort.

Deciding what to write is the most important step of the whole essay writing process. A common mistake made by applicants is trying to include all sorts of wild ideas into the essay, without proper brainstorming and selection of key points. Thus, what starts off as an essay on your role model quickly turns into an in-depth account of your personal likes, strength, traumas band all other aspects of the eating habits of your pet canary!

While you compose your thoughts, don’t forget the real purpose of the essay writing exercise! The essay must divulge a lot about the personality of the writer, yet should not put the admissions officer to sleep. Don’t forget to mention details/facts/points that you consider important in affecting his decision regarding your admission.

 

61. The passage is mainly concerned with _____ .

   A. what a topic of an essay should deliver

   B. what the readers are interested in an essay

   C. what mistakes a writer usually makes in writing an essay

   D. what the real purpose of the essay-writing exercise is

62. According to the passage, what are the correct methods in selecting a topic of an essay EXCEPT _____?

   A, selecting a familiar topic to you

   B. choosing an interesting topic to the readers

   C. selecting an exhaustive topic

   D. choosing a topic focusing on some aspects of your personality

63. What is the most important step in ensuring a good topic selection?

   A. Altering your lifestyle and outlook.

   B. Proper brainstorming and selection of key points.

   C. Writing your darkest secrets or hidden fears.

   D. Brainstorming all the prospective readers.

64. What is probably discussed in the following part of the passage?

   A. What an essay is mainly made up of.

   B. How to write an essay in an effective way.

   C. how to make your essay more attractive.

   D. Why the admissions officer will go to sleep.