How I "Did The Deed"
Feb 27 '00 (Updated Mar 02 '00)
Although it was a few years back for me, I still remember dealing with college applications.
By this point in time, I had already visited all of the schools I was applying to, and knew if they had my major or not (but many people don't know there majors at this time, and that is OK too!)
By this point in time, I knew my SAT scores, and already compared them with everyone I knew, to see where the people in my range were planning to apply to.
By this point it time, I was scared and frustrated, and figured I'd never get into college (even though I had no real reason to come to this conclusion).
I got out my trusty black pen (yes, they prefer black pen, trust me) and went to town filling out my personal information. That was the easy part, then there were the dreaded essays.
Most of the schools had at least one "I'd like to make a difference" or "Why I want to be this major" type essay. It worked well for me, because I wrote a "I'd like to be an education major because I'd like to make a difference in the lives of children" essay. This one essay worked for 5 schools, and also counted for a grade in my composition class.
I was lucky I had that class. My teacher was strict. Our first drafts almost always had to be ripped up, and revision meant you could not take more than a few well written sentences or sentence fragments from your original essay. My boring essay that probably every college admissions person has read before became something much better. It became me.
Through the revisions, I took a personal stance. I focused on a teacher who made a difference in my life, and the student-teacher relationship I had with him, and how I would like to pass this on to my students. It was a heart felt, emotional essay. I stood out on the page as an individual, and that made all the difference.
Start your essays early. Write for a bit, then put it away for another day. You will come back with a clear head and fresh ideas. Write what you know, and write directly from the heart. With this, you can't go wrong. And do not be afraid to revise, revise, revise. Run it past an English teacher, see what they think of it.
It might seem like a silly little essay, but take it seriously. This essay is your voice, and it will help you stand out from every other applicant to that school.
Good Luck!
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