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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INTRODUCTION (what is the story about) Last year I went to visit my grandpa in Ireland. My dad and mum are both from Ireland‚ so I have lots of cousins there. I had been in Ireland before‚ but this trip was going be the most interesting ever. I would discover the Stuarts had a dark family secret. BODY (what happened) Grandpa met us at Belfast Airport. We had been travelling for a long time and were tired and hungry. “Let’s get you home young lad and get some good old Irish sausages into
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The Lima Timen The Civil War Finally Ends! Table of contents Pg. 1: main story. Civil war ends!! Pg. 2: biographical article. Pg. 3: opinion article about the war and the causes and effects. Pg. 4: interview with the president about the war!! Pg. 5: letter to the editor. Pg. 6: Pg. 7: South surrenders at Appomattox courthouse! Biography In today’s biography we have the president. Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s Birth and Childhood Abraham Lincoln was born
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and it is still widely used and relied upon today whilst also causing great controversy. Writing essays is a main part of history and from that I have been able to gain the skill of writing from two points of view. Being able to select relative pieces of evidence is a skill that I have acquired from English Literature. Whilst studying novels from different time periods and different genres I find that my interest in sociology has flourished. While reading ’The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy‚ I began to question
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Dear Professional Sports Fan‚ College Fan‚ High School Sports Fan‚ Middle School Sports Fan‚ Youth Sports Fan‚ Park N Recreation Fan‚ and Pee Wee Sports Fan...Why are you so angry and bitter? Yes‚ I am talking to you. The diehard sports fan who lives their life through their team and maybe child who plays on the team and takes things WAAAAYYY too seriously! Let’s take a moment and put sports into perspective. I feel I can speak as a subject matter expert on this having played multiple sports since
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Assignment 2: The Statutes- Pace v. Alabama & Loving v. Virginia Ashlee R. Hall PAD 525: Constitution & Administrative Law Dr. Lee January 29‚ 2012 Was there ever a period in history where interracial marriages and sex among people of different races was considered illegal? As absurd as this idea sounds‚ the answer is yes. Astonishingly‚ less than 40 years ago marrying someone of a different race was considered illegal. Black people could not be with white people- it just
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Dear Ms.Tocco‚ I want to start off introducing myself. My name is Leonardo Roufail. I am 100% Chaldean and just transferred to Henry Ford II. Last year I was at Dakota high school. It was pretty awkward on the first day of school cause I only knew a few people‚ but by the next day I made some new friends. It is kind of annoying because I have a lot of classes with freshman since Dakota and ford take opposite classes. For example Dakota takes Algebra 1 as a freshman and ford takes geometry. Now
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America is the land of the free and the home of the brave isn’t it? Then why is our nation in such immense debt? Well the simple reason for that is we don’t know how to manage our money efficiently. In order to be successful and stress free you have to plan and save. Be proactive in saving for things such as emergencies‚ large purchases‚ and wealth. These things are important to stay out of debt and have financial freedom. Things happen unexpectedly to most people‚ things such as a job loss or a
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Comparing Movies The last 2 movies I saw were “The Last Song” and “Dear John”. Considering both of these movies are sappy Nicholas Sparks books‚ they have a ton of similarities. They also have some differences. I saw both of these movies more than 4 months ago so I hope I can even remember enough to compare them. One similarity is about 2 people that meet in a beach setting. In “The Last Song”‚ Ronnie‚ who is played by Miley Cyrus and is the main character‚ is shipped to her fathers house in
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Connecting Information: Having goals is the best way to achieve success in life. Goals are the building blocks to a happy and prosperous life. C. Thesis Statement: Over my lifetime I would like to achieve many things but there are three main things I would like to accomplish those being: to join the army national guard after my 2 years here at Leeward‚ to become a certified accountant‚ and to travel the world. II. BODY: A. Paragraph 2 1. Topic Sentence: To join and become a member of the army National
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