Colleges will expect you to discuss not just any incidence of growth, but one that is due to conscious effort and has influenced you beyond the immediate. Now that we have had fun with personal inventories and sharing anecdotes, let’s sift through our material to identify changes which: are propelled by your conscious effort AND [...]
Posts Tagged ‘growth’
2 Jul
Failure = Growth
Some students believe that they have nothing significant to boast. Well, if you have never reached resounding success, why not write about failure? Isn’t overcoming failure a kind of success? Wasn’t it you who wrote an essay trying to prove that in the trying moments of our lives we find out who we are? How [...]
2 Jul
Essay ≠ List
When asked to write essays on topics related to growth / achievement, students are usually tempted to write a list of their achievements, high exams scores and academic competition awards usually topping the list. You should truly realize that an essay is NOT a list. You’ll be asked to list your achievements on the pages [...]
30 Jun
essays on Growth
Growth = change If you feel intimidated by the word “Growth”, think of a substitute. I suggest “change”. Well it may turn out to be inappropriate to include in a college essay later, but might turn out to be your rite of passage into personal writing. Indulge in some “useless” exploration of your personality. Here [...]
24 Jun
The acorn
An acorn shoots and grows into a mighty oak – that’s the logo of the US department of education. I was amazed: 1) I have always perceived an acorn as something magical 2) the logo stands for growing up into what you were meant to be – you see, it’s not an acorn growing up [...]
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