highschoolstuden
Jan 14, 2021
Undergraduate / UBC PERSONAL PROFILE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY? "Effort" [3]
Hi everyone, I need to write a personal profile for my UBC application and this was one of the questions that popped up. I would appreciate some feedback on the answer if possible. I appreciate your responses in advance!!
Many things are important to me, but the one thing that stands out is effort. In my early high school days, I did not put much effort into my work. Despite this, I still ended up receiving decent grades throughout my first two high school years. One day, in my grade 10 math course, I ended up failing a test for the first time in my life. This test turned out to be worth 15% of my grade that year. Luckily, we were given an optional retest and I made a pledge to myself that I would put in all the effort required to do well. The retest was scheduled three weeks away from when the original test was returned, and I studied every day in the weeks leading up to the test in order to do well. On test day, I had never felt more confident in my ability to do well on an exam. A few days passed, and when I got the test back, I received an A. I felt happy about my result on the test, and this experience taught me that I could do anything that I wanted to do in life as long as I put in the effort required to do so. From that day on, I promised myself that no matter what it was or how much something meant that I would put in my utmost effort.
Hi everyone, I need to write a personal profile for my UBC application and this was one of the questions that popped up. I would appreciate some feedback on the answer if possible. I appreciate your responses in advance!!
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY?
Many things are important to me, but the one thing that stands out is effort. In my early high school days, I did not put much effort into my work. Despite this, I still ended up receiving decent grades throughout my first two high school years. One day, in my grade 10 math course, I ended up failing a test for the first time in my life. This test turned out to be worth 15% of my grade that year. Luckily, we were given an optional retest and I made a pledge to myself that I would put in all the effort required to do well. The retest was scheduled three weeks away from when the original test was returned, and I studied every day in the weeks leading up to the test in order to do well. On test day, I had never felt more confident in my ability to do well on an exam. A few days passed, and when I got the test back, I received an A. I felt happy about my result on the test, and this experience taught me that I could do anything that I wanted to do in life as long as I put in the effort required to do so. From that day on, I promised myself that no matter what it was or how much something meant that I would put in my utmost effort.
