Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you lear?
I failed miserably when I took my Shorthand exam at college. I felt really bad about it because I'd studied hard, and I thought I was good enough to pass. It made me angry too, because we had an unfamiliar tutor to read out the text, and she went much faster than any of us had experienced before, so it was unfair. But they failed us anyway. The only thing I learned from this is that life is often unfair, but you have to get over it. Later, I learned that I don't need shorthand much anyway.
Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?
Too many to count, but they were all fantastic teachers
How does my Common App essay sound? A time you experienced failure...?
It's a well-written essay. You need to fix the sentence that begins, "I forced the nerves away....." because it doesn't sound quite right.
What is a time when you experienced failure and what did you learn?
Failure is the best lessons (If taken positively)I always acheived failure ,as per me . I am passed in every exam as per rules and regulations but failed as per me,as I was not up to my expectations.Everytime I failed and learned something new.I failed in 10th grade and then learned that Do what you love(Steve jobs) rather than going after your friends and family.In 11th grade,I failed and learned ,what is the importance of education in life,meaning of friendship ,importance of being an independent and need to frame career after 18th,importance of discipline and teachers valuesI failed in 12th grade and I learned, where and how to do hard work,I learn to be confident & how much important it is to be confident, meaning of true love and realised the pain of being apart from my friends and my 2nd home i.e. school.In CS Foundation I learned to keep myself motivated,positive,free from all relationship stuff,importance of seirousness and being sensible in every aspect of life. I came to know that yes Luck matters.I want to learn more but now not through failure,but by success.
What was a situation where you failed? How did the failure affect your relationship with others and what did you learn from it?
Learn, I did. Fail, I didn't.During my growing years, failure was like an enigma to me - I would attempt something, be exceptional in it, but others would make the cut, while I wouldn't. It still is enigma to me, but now I walk with it proudly, instead of running away from it.I could easily attribute these unsuccessful attempts on my part to my bad luck. But no, I would be naive if I do so, and therefore there are things I learn about others as well as myself every time I do not make the cut:It hurts pretty effing bad to fail: Yes, you feel like your world is crashing around you. Every where you look, there is no ray of hope. People who care about you will support you, but their words would feel empty. And no word of motivation will work until you start to feel the failure in your bones. You feel like you are thrown out of your comfort zone: And it is good because I could start again - with new eyes, well aware of what went wrong the last time. Sometimes, you just fail, not because luck wasn't on your side - but because you did a half-assed attempt to take on something. THIS knowledge resides deep within your soul. And no one can see this except you. So out of your own seat of victory, failure throws you out.You will start to notice why others seem better than you are: And then you will realize that you are in deep shit, and you need to man-up and be realistic about where you stand. I failed pretty bad at a lot of points in life, and in most of those situations, in hindsight, I realize that mistake was mine as well. But if others are better than I am, it does not mean I cannot change my status-quo.You will slowly feel the fire building up, to prove yourself: I believe that self-realization, self-motivation, and self-upliftment is better than any word or video or text in the world, even though these may be means to an end. The point is you have to do it on your own - i.e. getting up and readying yourself again. After a point you will be not afraid of failing.Failure is nothing but a perception: You know, after a point you realize that maybe you shouldn't really take something as a failure, but perceive it more like an attempt that did not bear positive results - then you can attempt again and again, till you make it. I have stopped trying to bog myself down with my own judgment!Failure is overrated, working incessantly is not. Let's do it!Thank You for the A2A Safalya! :)Thank You for promoting Hardik! :)
Will you review my college admissions essay?
I think it is a very, very good essay, bordering on excellent. It answers the question AND says why you will succeed in college (which is what they're looking for). Let me make a few suggestions to improve it. "Everyone" is singular, and you chose a singular verb, but you then switched to plural: "their lives." I'd make it "his or her life" or just "her life." A few sentences along, make it "not tear her down." Check throughout the essay to keep it all singular. Add a comma after "By my junior year" Make it "It felt as though I was outside...." You use "as" when you have a clause (verb) following. Use "like" when it's followed only by a noun, though it can have many modifiers. delete "a.k.a." and simply put a colon after "skills" "bad-mouthing" may be too much slang -- try: complaining about me, talking badly about me, or criticizing my playing ability purposely playing badly TO SHOW HER - or DEMONSTRATING what a REALLY (not "real") bad player LOOKS like I wouldn't say, "I started stressing out." I'd say something like: The more stressful this became for me, the more I distanced myself from my Varsity teammates and the closer I drew to my JV teammates, who defended me against the belittler. never to quit anything Just AS in life just AS someone needs to be the
How to write a college admission essay?
You will be given a prompt... a topic to write about. Every college has its own essay prompts, but some examples from the Common App from the last couple years. Most colleges will use prompts somewhere along these lines: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?