Graduate / Speech therapist's dedication, intelligence & hard work; graduate school in speech therapy [8]

I just had to reply because our essay topics are so similar! I wrote my opening paragraph about Darren- a little boy I work with who has autism. Weird coincidence!

Graduate / Admission Essay for Speech Language Pathology-Personal Challange [3]

I don't love this essay for speech pathology admissions. Don't get me wrong, the essay overall is fine, but what does it show in regards to speech? Maybe you could swing it/find something else that relates better. Or if not to speech then how about growth academically or something to that effect. I have always heard that when asked for a negative answer (what are your weaknesses etc.) you should swing a positive into a negative- "I am so task oriented that when I am assigned a task I do not like to stop until it is 100% perfect." That advice has been for interviews I've had, but I think it could work in this case too. Good luck!