Where you will be when you graduate college - compare & contrast essay

Hello everyone,

This week I have been assigned to write a compare and contrast paper, and I need some help getting started.

Compare and contrast yourself from where you are now to where you will be when you graduate college. What qualities will change? Which will remain the same? How will you accomplish the changes.

Any help is greatly appreciated 8)

Thanks
~JJ

Greetings!

I'd be glad to help! Writing about yourself sounds as if it should be easy, because you know the subject, but it has its difficulties! As with most essays, you'll want to start with an introduction, but before you can write that, you need a pretty good idea of where your essay is going, because your thesis will introduce those ideas. I would suggest that you start by making a list of your qualities. Write down all the important qualities you have right now, then consider how college might change them, and make a list that reflects the qualities you think you'll have after college. Consider all the experiences you may have during college that could affect the way you are and the sort of person you'd like to become.

Then, when you get down to the actual writing, you might want to present the before-and-after qualities by comparing and then contrasting:

1. Introduction

2. Similarities between now and post-college
a)
b)
c)
d)

3. Differences between now and post-college
a)
b)
c)
d)

4. How I will accomplish those changes

5. Conclusion - Summary and a restatement of your thesis

Or, you might find it easier to talk about one set of qualities, then the other:

1. Introduction

2. My qualities now
a)
b)
c)
d)

3.My qualities after college
a)
b)
c)
d)

4. How I will accomplish those changes

5. Conclusion - Summary and a restatement of your thesis

See if this gets you started and I'll be happy to help you with editing your rough draft if you like!

Thanks,

Sarah, EssayForum.com