Some college ask you: Is there any further information regarding your personal situation or achievements that you think we should know when considering your possible acceptance to X? Some students wonder what they could write. Well, sometimes you don’t need to write anything, but sometimes it might be a good idea to write something. How [...]
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28 Oct
“How will you enrich the [College Name] community, and how do you think it might enrich you?”
A question from the forum. The second question calls for a motivational essay I have already written about that here. The first calls for self-reflection – you have to finally find out who you are at this stage of your life and what you have to offer. You should persuade admissions officers that you do [...]
13 Oct
Always imagine an interview
When applying for a career oriented course, you have to write a personal statement, explaining how you got interested in the field and how you have developed your interest so far, demonstrating that you have some personal characteristics and skills which will make you a successful student and professional. Yesterday I read a personal statement [...]
22 Sep
Your unique perspective +
In their supplement Colgate ask the following: We honor the many different forms of diversity in our community. Your perspective is valuable because it comes from your life experiences, family background, and culture. Please tell us about yourself and what you believe is the best way to share your perspective. Also, what do you hope [...]
18 Sep
Pissed off
Some people keep sending me the same essays under different titles. As you may guess, these are motivational essays. First, I feel tired reading the same thing over and over again. Second, it does not make sense to me. Does it make any sense to you? Please, read my texts on motivational essays. Some people [...]
15 Sep
Commitment
Yesterday I watched a documentary about a Tai Chi master who taught in a public park in China. People said that they had to go to him at 6.30 every morning for three years before he deemed them serious and agreed to teach them. This anecdote could be used as an illustration of “Commitment” – [...]
15 Sep
Use of Resources
A student of mine was applying to an expensive private American high school. We were discussing her motivational letter, where she had written that she wanted to study there because they offered photography and web-design classes – activities she claimed she could not practice at home. I asked her if her family had a photo [...]
11 Sep
Real isn’t neat
Some students tell me they have no ideas about some topics. Well, some day they’ll have to generate ideas in order to survive, and there’ll be nobody to help them. It’s obvious that they have to develop the skill and habit to think on their own feet. When I have to figure out something and [...]
11 Sep
Choosing a topic
If you have the opportunity to choose 1 topic from a list of several, don’t be quick to choose the one that seems the easiest and rule out the rest before even trying to figure them out. You’d better work on all of them to come up with as many ideas as possible, so that [...]
11 Sep
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
When you have written an application essay (and preferably before you send it to me), stop, reread it and think: “What does this text reveal about me? Is it something I would like if I were an admissions officer at Dream College?”.
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