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Dear Portfolio Review Committee
Angela Cusumano

November 28, 2010
Portfolio Review Committee
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Dear Portfolio Review Committee,

My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I received my graded paper. I had no idea what I had done wrong because I had done so well in high school English. Finally I realized that I had to pick one theme for an entire paper and elaborate on it completely. Even though it took some time I felt
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