ok well I'm hoping to write an essay about my academic and career goals...
but since I don't really have skill of writing...I don't know what to begin with..
please could anyone help me?
wat interests do u have..dis contribute towards ur career goal and academic goal.
my interest is in business...
but I do not know what to start the essay with...
First, don't EVER list what you have accomplished, administrator have read thousands of essays, they don't want to reread your resume.
- Do you have any personal story or inspiration which lead you to want to do something? The inspiration can be a person or an experience in your life that changed your perspective of the world?
--> If you do, that's great, start with it and tie it back to how the majors the school offer can help you.
- Is there a word limit? I figure this type of essay would be at least 500 words so you have plenty of room to write.
--> Another suggestion, stay away from the sensitive topics such as: Death, Divorce, Moving, Car Accident. These types of essay even though very powerful indeed, but since you said you not very good at writing, you cannot be sure that you can convey all that meaningful experience into merely less than 1000 words. And these types of essay is very cliche
--> If you cannot think of anything, choose the first one popped up your head. It is not the idea that make a good essay but how you present it. I read an essay not too long ago about a person describe the first time she trying to jump down the diving board and how the feeling give her the perspective of life, not very big and powerful story, but the way she present it very convincing.
- I should already mention this at the begining, but always keep in mind your goal and don't stray off for this type of prompt really easy to go off topic.
-->There are two types of essay:
The first is the one that has the most powerful/ meaningful stories (but not cliche as mentioned above) like immigrations stories perhaps. These story itself is what make the essay good, which does not required to be very well written to wow the readers.
Another type is the insignificant experience yet transformed into something so memorable by the writers.
And of course, a person can always merge this two types together to make a SUPER good essay :)
Sorry if this is too long and hope it help. If you need any more advice, i would gladly to do more research to help you. Your first step is to determine WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN THE FUTURE.
thank you for your reply! it's good!
Ok my goal is a financial planner and have my own company ...I want to help people who is struggling with making their life better...this goal is greatly affected by my dad's personality
Hmm that's great. Tell them more about your dad. You can tell a story or a saying that your dad says a lot that influenece your decision. The point is to convive that you are really sincere about your future.
Even though the goal you said to help other people that struggling to have a better life is very generic. But that's does not mean you cannot write an exemplary essay. Hey, you own a company right, so that's means you have plenty of thing s to talk about. You can just pick a day at work that have some meaning to you.
There are a lot of way to start an essay. Here's a tip. Imagine your essay as a pyramid, start out one thing, don't give out abstract or anything, just a small hook that would catch the reader attention. Then as your essay progress, the idea will expand like a pyramid. Here you will detailed or add YOUR OWN philosophy (for originality). Don't be like a funnel where the introduction is super strong then it weaken, you would definitely lose the readers' interest. HOWEVER, that does not mean you don't need a strong hook.
Remember, there at least 4-17 people will read your essay and the first one will be the most important one. IF you have a strong essay and you made the first reader like it, they will fight for you when your application was brought for debate whether they would accept you or not.
Everytime I rode taxi with my father, my father paid more money than what he was supposed to pay for taxi fare. I could not understand my father because my house was not that wealthy to give people free money. I asked him "Why don't you take the change?" He answered me "In korea, taxi drivers do not get enough money to support their family. I mean, in this hard world, if I do not help them, who is going to help them? That is why I do not get change. My son, when you become adult, I hope you would be the one who has warm heart." My father's answer for my question has driven me to the world of helping another, then I decided that when I be at the time of deciding my career, I will choose something that I can help people with their struggle. This is why I chose financial planner for my dream.
is it good to start the essay like this?
Perfect!! I think you got some great help here in this thread, and now you are of to a good start...
capitalize Korea, though.
Also:
My father's answer for my question has driven me to the world of helping another others, and I decided that when the time comes to decide about my career, I will choose something that I can use to help people with their struggle. This is why I chose financial planning for my dream career.
See the small changes I made? Please practice this 10 times to learn the correct grammar. Type it 10 times!
I look forward to seeing more of your essay. Tell about some articles you have read.
REMEMBER: you can take classes that make it possible for you to have multiple careers: entrepreneurship, accounting, management, marketing, writing... study them all and keep your options open!
:-)