... examines them from a different point of view.UNDERSTANDING THETOPICSThis section explains seven topics frequently used on college application essays. They includea free choice topic, which is ... hundred colleges and universi-ties. Schools that have their own applications often use these same topics as well.1.Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethicaldilemma ... drafts of two essays. High schoolsenior Liz Abernathey says she wrote four essays on different topics before coming up withone she liked.“After I wrote the first one, I reread it, and realized...