By Dane Johnson
We spent much time this past week learning about college applications and becoming more familiar with the application essays, which are an extremely important part of our futures. The essays we write can determine whether or not we get into the college of our dreams. They can determine if the much anticipated letter in the mailbox reads: "Accepted" or "Denied." The essays play a crucial role in the next stage of our lives, college. The university we attend helps lay out the way we will spend the rest of our lives. College education influences almost every aspect of an adult's life, such as occupation, house, car, finance, and family. It can be argued as being the most important thing of a person's life. Due to this importance, high school seniors stress over writing the perfect essay that will grant them acceptance into their dream school. Many think that they essay needs be a work of art that will be framed and hung in a museum someday. However, this is not entirely true.
Colleges want to be able to see our personality and who we really are as human beings. They want to read an essay that reveals true character and creates an identity for ourselves. The College Application activity on Fill In The Gaps Friday during which we read essays written by presidents of prestigious colleges helped provide examples of essays with personal identity. This activity gave me the confidence I need to reassure myself that I can conquer the application essays and also give myself the best opportunity to get accepted the college of my dreams.
i really enjoyed reading your post about college essays. In todays society, students are put under a huge amount of pressure when it comes to college applications. However, i think that these pressures steer us in the wrong direction of what the real point of the college essay is for. I completely agree with you whhen you explained that a college essay should not be about anything than exactly what you are. It should be a skeleton of what obstacles you have over come to become the person that you are and the choices that you want to make. A college essay does not need to be the perfect piece of writing that needs to be hung on a wall, but rather it should be the most accurate piece of writing that respresents you as a human being in todays society. i think that your blog was well thought out and executed in a great manner. i really enjoyed reading your post and overall thought you did a great job.
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