Your Writing Section is a critical part of your application for admission and for scholarships and is a required part of your admission file.
Format
Content as well as form, spelling, grammar, punctuation, will be considered. You should write your statement first in a word processing program (such as Word) or a text editor, and then copy/paste it into the text box below. Some formatting may be lost, but this will not affect the evaluation of your application. We’ve observed that most students write a polished formal essay for the Personal Statement yet submit a more casual Short Response and Journal of Activities & Achievements. Give every part of the Writing Section your very best effort, presenting yourself in standard, formal English. Write like it matters, not like you’re texting. This is an application for college, not a message to your BFF. Writing i instead of I, cant for cannot, yr for you’re: not so gr8. A. Personal Statement (required)
The Personal Statement is our best means of getting to know you and your best means of creating a context for your academic performance. When you write your personal statement, tell us about those aspects of your life that are not apparent from your academic record: * a character-defining moment
* the cultural awareness you’ve developed
* a challenge faced
* a personal hardship or barrier overcome
Directions
Choose either 1 or 2. Recommended length: 2 pages. (500-650 words) 1. Discuss how your family’s experience or cultural history enriched you or presented you with opportunities or challenges in pursuing your educational goals.
The Essay on Apple Chairman’ Statement and Reflective Writing
Apple Inc. is a multiplier company. The California Corporation founded in 1977. Its wholly-owned subsidiaries designs, manufactures and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media equipment, and other internet applications, it provides the products to the different type of customers. The company gives the strategy is free, The Company’s business strategy leverages its unique ability ...
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2. Tell us a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it. Tips
* Some of the best statements are written as personal stories. We welcome your imaginative interpretation. * You may define experience broadly. For example, in option 2, experience could be a meeting with an influential person, a news story that spurred you to action, a family event, or something that might be insignificant to someone else that had particular meaning for you. If you don’t think that any one experience shaped your character, simply choose an experience that tells us something about you.
B. Short Response (required)
Directions
Choose one of the following two topics and write a short essay. (Recommended length: 250 – 500 words) 1. The University of California, San Diego seeks to create a community of students richly diverse in cultural backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. How would you contribute to this community? 2. Describe an experience of cultural difference, positive or negative, you have had or observed. What did you learn from it? Tip
* You may define culture broadly in Topic 2. For example, it may include ethnicity, customs, values, and ideas, all of which contribute to experiences that students can share with others in college. As you reply to this question, reflect on what you have learned — about yourself and society — from an experience of cultural difference.
C. Journal of Activities & Achievements
Directions
Using the spaces provided below, identify and describe up to five of your most significant activities & achievements during grades 9-12. Write a paragraph about why this activity or achievement had meaning for you. Tell us about your highest level of achievement or honor you attained; any responsibilities you had; and the contribution you believe you made to your school, community, or organization. Don’t just describe the activity or achievement: tell us what it says about you. (Recommended length: 100-200 words) Your journal should include activities, skills, achievements, or qualities from any of the following categories: * Leadership in or outside of school, e.g., athletics, student government, cultural clubs, band, scouting, community service, employment * Activities in which you have worked to better your school, community, or family * Exceptional achievement in an academic field or artistic pursuit * Personal endeavors that enrich the mind, e.g., independent research or reading, private dance or music lessons, weekend language or culture school.
Discipline in School and at Home
Sometimes, when people hear the words discipline, they picture kids gone wild. We did use gentle discipline. And in school and home have to a calm, peaceful feel to it. We also had a lot of fun. A lot of the preparatory works have to follow where discipline was concerned. We have to use to teach care of self, care of the environment, control of movement, and grace and courtesy. The sense of order, ...
