2. Some experts say that a potential trap of an article focusing on sports is that students spend too much time describing the game, the game or what happened in the game, but not enough time explaining their personal influence.

3. Laura Stratton, director of enrollment at Scripps College in California, said that she remembered reading a well-written sports article, in which the author wrote that she was on the bench. The senior student played all season, but she found herself marginalized in the last game.

4. "The student's self-awareness is an excellent team member. She shows up for her teammates and keeps a positive attitude, even if this is not her personal experience, which fully shows her personality and the roommate or classmate she will become," stratton said. "This is very good for readers."

5. Christoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate enrollment at Duke University in North Carolina, said that it is quite common for students to write down sports-related injuries when responding to the tips in college papers about overcoming challenges or failures. Among them, article 20 19-2020 puts forward a common application-application platform, which allows students to submit materials at one time, including papers to multiple universities-in order to overcome obstacles, according to the platform's website.

6. "If it is really important to students, if it makes them have a lot of ideas, then I think it is a good thesis topic," Guttentag said.

? Papers focusing on service-oriented activities 1. Some experts said that considering the limited space allocated to students in university papers, university papers about serving others at home and abroad may be touching, but it is difficult to write effectively. For example, common App articles are limited to 650 words.

2. Gutentag said: "The idea of using other people with less advantages as tools to enhance self-awareness sometimes happens, and I think it may be difficult to achieve."

3. The motivation of students to choose this topic is also very important. Guttentag said that if applicants decide to write articles about services, they should do so, because their experiences lead to thinking and reflection, not because they think this is the theme that admissions officials want them to write.

? Focusing on meaningful articles 1, Soule said that students don't have to write a major turning point in their papers. Instead, they can reflect on what they think is meaningful in their daily lives. For some students, this may mean writing down their relationships with their parents, grandparents or other key people in their lives.

2. stratton said: "I think that if students always keep in mind at the end of their papers, we should know something about them as a person and how this relationship affects and shapes them, then these papers can become great papers." The greatness of their grandmother. "