{"id":1401952,"date":"2018-09-12T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1401952"},"modified":"2019-02-11T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:03:07","slug":"quiz-what-should-you-write-your-common-app-essay-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/quiz-what-should-you-write-your-common-app-essay-about\/","title":{"rendered":"QUIZ: What Should You Write Your Common App Essay About?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/crushingthecommonappcollegeessay1_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choosing an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/whats-appening\/application-updates\/2018-2019-common-application-essay-prompts\" target=\"_blank\">essay topic for the Common App <\/a>is one of the hardest things ever. It&#8217;s right up there with &#8220;getting out of bed in the morning&#8221; and &#8220;eating a burrito \u00a0gracefully.&#8221; This quiz will give you a little nudge in the right direction, but if you really want to wow the admissions committee, <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2018\/04\/13\/the-10-most-important-tips-for-writing-the-perfect-common-app-essay\" target=\"_blank\">read this slideshow<\/a>, and check out author Julie Ferber-Frank&#8217;s awesome, advice-filled new guide, \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/crushing-the-common-app-essay-julie-ferber-frank\/1128059426?ean=9781411479104#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crushing the Common App Essay: A Foolproof Guide to Getting into Your Top College<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing an essay topic for the Common App is one of the hardest things ever. It&#8217;s right up there with &#8220;getting out of bed in the morning&#8221; and &#8220;eating a burrito \u00a0gracefully.&#8221; This quiz will   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[278,25016,5],"tags":[5424,124,4736,24283,325,5,20770,630,533,647],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401952"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}