Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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Personal Ethics Statement I determine what is right or wrong by looking at issues through a legal standpoint. “Is what I am about to do against the law?” If not‚ then I will most likely proceed with the issue. If the decision is illegal‚ and will result in jail time‚ I will not follow through on the decision. However‚ I may also take into account empathy. Putting myself in someone else’s shoes to see how they would feel about it. For example‚ if I had just bought some supplies from
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interest and goals is to advocate for and increase educational attainment for under-prepared and nontraditional students. My collective experiences as a first generation college student‚ educator of nontraditional students‚ and a student success advisor have informed this passion and influenced my decision to pursue a doctoral degree in Higher Education at Ohio University. I believe that the knowledge and experiences gained through the doctoral program in Higher Education at Ohio University will better
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Public personal statement My name is Rupjit Singh and I am a student at the NYU College of Dentistry. Prior to this‚ I did three years of undergraduate studies at Adelphi University as part of the 7-year joint degree program in dentistry between Adelphi University and New York University. I am now part of the 4-year dental program in DDS at the NYU College of Dentistry. I’m very enthusiastic about studying dentistry and look forward to learning all that I can before I head out into the real world
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Personal Statement I have chosen Master of Counselor of Education as my profession for a number of reasons. I love to work with people and I enjoy helping those in need. I believe the combination of empowerment and self-motivation to be the key to overcoming any obstacles someone might encounter in his or her life. I believe that everyone in this world can make a difference‚ no matter how small or how big the change is. I believe that while all of us need an opportunity to do something with
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Personal Statement All my life I have always been a loner; due to this many people around me never understand why I just prefer to stay on my own. Being raised by my grandmother and the firstborn of a family of four‚ a lot of pressure is on me be make something of my life. I remember hearing the echo of my grandmother’s voice saying‚ ‘a tree can never make a forest”; which usually does not really go very far for me. It is not that I don’t easily make friends but it just that I take in high priority
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Writing your personal statement What is the personal statement? The personal statement is your chance to demonstrate what an excellent candidate you are for your chosen course/s. The statement cannot be more than 4000 characters including spaces or 47 lines. UCAS use sophisticated antiplagiarism software‚ so make sure your statement is all your own work‚ under no circumstances should you be tempted to include cutandpasted material from any source! How should I structure my personal statement
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Imagine you have graduated from Temple University. You are preparing to attend your 10-year reunion‚ and the alumni office has asked you to write a one-page essay about your personal and professional accomplishments since graduation. What would yours say? My journey started 16 years ago right after I graduated high school. In the beginning‚ I didn’t really know what I wanted to do‚ but I knew I was fascinated with science and medicine. In the first part of my journey I attended Community College
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Sample AADSAS Personal Statements Essay # 1 - Author Accepted for 2006 Entering Class As an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico I have become increasingly aware of the complex network problems that I face as a citizen of the world. I have also realized the progress and success that I enjoy in the same capacity as the frontiers of medicine‚ technology and communication continue to expand. My desire to participate in the resolution of those problems and in the further expansion
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Psychology Personal Statement Dealing with a father owner of a very verbally and physically aggressive behaviour made me understand that the human mind was an unescapable part of my life. The fact that I have been facing his behaviour from a very early age‚ has changed me and directed me into finding a plausible reason for his conducts. As a result I decided to start reading books that would give me more information about his acts such as “Confessions of Sociopath” where I could realise that the
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