WRITING THE COLLEGE ESSAY PURPOSE OF THE ESSAY Your GPA‚ class rank‚ SATI and SATII scores are all important to a college admissions officer in helping to assess your academic abilities. But they are only numbers – they have no personality. What can make your application stand apart are the personal essays. The college essay will allow an admissions officer to look beyond those numbers and see you as a person. A well-written essay should convey your thoughts‚ attitudes‚ personal qualities‚
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pushed myself through my high school career from taking all non honors classes my freshman year‚ to honors my sophomore year‚ to then most of my classes being AP my junior and senior year. I have worked hard to get good grades and pushed myself into taking classes that would not only challenge me‚ but put me out of my comfort zone. Yet I have always been a hard worker. My parents such as myself are immigrants‚ I had to work hard entering a foreign school system where neither I or my parents knew the language
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My Journey through High school. As I walked through the halls on the first day of school‚ I was frantically trying to get to my classes on time and alive. I was bumped‚ shoved‚ knocked down‚ and stepped on‚ but I enjoyed every minute of it. High school was so new to me‚ and it still is. I was very excited and nervous about my freshman year. I am sure my journey through high school will someday‚ be a great story to tell. It was my freshman year. I was one of the smallest people in the halls‚ so
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your own personality and even make you a better person. Since I was in Elementary School I wanted to go to the United States. Finally‚ in 2012‚ there I was‚ realizing my dream. After that‚ I realized that it wasn’t only the USA that passionate me‚ it was the feeling of traveling‚ the feeling of exploring somewhere new‚ being able to learn new things‚ to be free‚ to have more knowledge. And that’s what I want for my life‚ I want to be able to get to know every single spot on this world‚ I want to
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actually to become a pilot because my father used to be one. But possibly pursuing a career in the healthcare industry did come about when I was 9‚ after I saw pictures of my dad’s arthroscopic knee surgery and the x-ray which completely amazed me. Seeing my dad’s recovery process from such a major operation‚ along with multiple family members and friends become physicians themselves gave me much insight to the profession. I was able to see a knee operation similar to my dad’s while shadowing Dr. Robert
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For the last 4 years of high school I have been my school’s mascot. It has shaped me in many different ways. Our mascot is Seymour Mule and his partner Annie Mule. We are Woodrow Wilson Senior High "Home of the Mighty Mules." Being a school mascot isn’t something you exactly plan to do during your high school years. But somehow I managed to do it and love it more than anything. I didn’t exactly choose to be our mascot‚ it happened due to luck. One day during my freshman year we had a practice fire
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Edward Sinigayan 06/26/12 My Life The sun rays from my balcony window of my 2 story mansion hit my face as the sun arose over the oceans horizon. I slowly opened my eyes to the beautiful creation God has bestowed upon me also know as my wife. When my mind came to a still‚ I came to realize that from all of the long hard hours of studying and working at a time was a small step in my long and relaxing life that I am now continuing. It feels great to be the owner of the multi-million
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Draft1 My Great Teacher in Middle School I will never forget Mr. Amado Escobar; he was the best teacher I had in middle school when I was 13 years old. Mr. Escobar was the instructor for my Computer Application System’s class. I enjoyed his class because he used creative teaching methods and he had patience with all of his students. Besides being a great teacher‚ Mr. Escobar was also my best friend and whenever I had problems with my computer he would fix my computer. Mr. Escobar
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from being the leaders of the school‚ to the babies of the school. It was the first day and everybody was full of both excitement and fear. I looked around‚ I saw a bunch of crowded newbies all around me‚ anxiously awaiting the bell‚ at the start the only person I could recognise was Chiara. Chiara is one of my best friends; we went through primary school together. Gradually more and more people showed up‚ until I could barely move. A few of them I recognised from my old primary. I saw Iris and
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off and be rewarded in the end. My high school football experience was unlike anything I had ever dreamed of and taught me life lessons that I will never forget. From pushing hard to play as a freshmen‚ to winning state as a sophomore‚ and later leading the team to the semifinals as a senior captain holds a unique place in my heart. Although football in high school was the biggest part of my sports life‚ that was not the beginning. Starting at the age of five‚ my time was beginning to become consumed
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