Five Ideas for College Essay
1.) Discuss the struggles of moving from low income school to Bainbridge Island. Talk about how I never had science and I was behind in reading, way ahead in math, yet it worked out.
2.) Write about the website Wartgames.com and what I have done to make my website a success. Maybe talk about how I saved all the money that the website has paid me.
3.) Talk about my decision to leave football at the high school after 10th grade. Discuss how I prioritized my grades and learning to my enjoyment of the sport. Discuss the backlash I received from other student's and coaches but in the long run I made the right decision because I have a 3.8 GPA.
4.) Discussed being born deaf and mute. This is a hard one because I don't want them to think I'm slow in any way but I did overcome a lot to get here.
5.) Write about the differences in learning styles in the last 10 years. Discuss my desire to create videogames that teach at a very high level. Maybe talk about the videogame geometry wars and how it changed my view of math. Talk about the videogame I want to develop with the great writers. The first-person shooter game in the world of Shakespeare would be fun, and historically correct inside the world of the novel.