-Explore an issue of importance to you (this can be local, national, or global)

-Write autobiographically about a significant experience in your life.

Here are some others that are less common, but really creative:

-If you are an international student or have lived, studied or traveled outside of the US, write an essay exploring distinctive aspects of another culture you have experienced or tell a story that explains cross-cultural issues you have learned that have added to your view of the world.

-Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.