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aLuckyStudent   
Mar 14, 2014
Undergraduate / Intellectually Disdain to Dismembered. Transfer Stanford Essay [3]

Hi guys. I'm doing a essay for Stanford Transfer. Please review and gave me your honest opinion. Grammar's not my strong point, so sorry about those ahead of times. I know I suck at writing, but I'm trying my best. Thank you so much

Prompt: Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development.

Bounded air-tight and fuming under a business suit, I did not expect much as I headed toward my first debate tournament during my sophomore year of high school. My lack of enthusiasm did not stem from the solemn morning air curling around my throat, nor the fright that grip all first time athletes and performers. Rather, it was a contempt sense of arrogance and overconfidence in my abilities. I had prepared, no, more than prepared, I had mastered the prescribed topics. Furthermore, my vast resources of information and knowledge will assure me certain victory. As the tournament commenced, and as the day progresses, I began to realize how wrong I had been all along.

Out of the three rounds in the tournament that day, I won only one. My losses were not a result of my opponents having more knowledge or data than me, but rather a much better analysis of them. My eyes were wide propped open with the burning tongs of humility, and I was humbled before immense diversity of perspectives and ideas from my opponents. I learned, quite painfully, that having a large amount of data had as much value as a pile of dead fish if it wasn't analyzed effectively. On the other hand, even a few meager statistics could become a key player if analyzed in the right way.

Originally, as an astute student, I believed that to fulfill all my aptitude, and to have true intellect, one must gather as much data and information as humanly possible. However, through my less than stellar performance at my first ever debate tournament, I realized that it is not the acquisition of knowledge, or the memorization of them that amount to intellect, but rather the ability to process them, to effectively analyze them, to understand them, from different angles that is real intelligence. From this experience, I began, in all my fields of study, to not only gather the information, but also to reflect upon it, to unravel it, to see all the knowledge has to offered in its entirety, all in my hopes that one day I may call myself a true intellectual.
aLuckyStudent   
Feb 28, 2014
Undergraduate / A human's most noble act is to create; TRANSFER OBJECTIVES [4]

Wow, your essay is very good.
First, let me say that I love your opening. It's short, yet so refreshing.

I want to transfer because engineering is my passion

Personally, I feel that this doesn't seem to flow very well. I understand what you mean, and why you want to transfer, but for the reader, it's like going smooth and then suddenly hitting a snag.

I want to design new trains, planes, reactors, computers, anything; to forge the technology of tomorrow, today; to frame new ideas that we won't understand for decades.

I feel like it would flow better if you put "to frame new ideas" before "technology of tomorrow" because you wouldn't need the semicolon, and the word "today" has a lot of impact at the end.

It's great that your third paragraph explains your lifetime goals, but how is that relevant to your objective at this particular school. In fact throughout your essay, you've made it clear what you want, what you need, but you haven't talk about what you are planning to do specifically once you get into that school. What type of degree are you planning to get? How far are you going to go with your education? Are you graduating with Honors etc...

Though only one month has passed since the semester began, I am much happier and more interested in my new classes and would love to continue them.

I understand what you mean, but admission could very well ask, "Why not just continue these classes at you current school, if you would love to continue them?"

You have a lot of negative stuffs (you're bored, you're unhappy etc.) but I feel that instead of focusing on all the reason you don't want to stay at your current school, you should focus more on why you want to go to this new school? Does it have a better program? Does it specialize in engineering?

Overall, your essay has a lot of impact which is memorable, and your ending was great. Just try to focus on the target school more and be more positive.

Hopes it helps :)
aLuckyStudent   
Feb 28, 2014
Scholarship / scholarship essay on My mother inspires me. [4]

Wow, I really liked your essay. It's simple, sweet, and successfully conveyed the point.
First off, try to used paragraph. Having an organized structure really helps the audience, even if the topic is simple.

I liked your points, but it would be more convincing if you could back up everything point about your mother with some examples. How did she motivate you? What did lessons did she taught you?

Try not to begin a sentence with "My mother" too much.

Try to emphasize and expand more on what your mother inspired you to be, and have specific examples of how you are going to keep your promise to her.

So, I just make one silent promise to me and to my mother; that I will get my education and be the best I can be and when I reach a point where I feel like giving up I will just think about my mom and how she never gave up and. That will be the push that I will need to be that successful teacher and able to take care of my mom liked she took care of me.

This is a run-on. Try splitting it up into multiple sentences.

Overall good essay, just try to avoid repetition and try to separate it into a certain organizational pattern via paragraphs.
Hope this helps :)
aLuckyStudent   
Feb 28, 2014
Undergraduate / A big part of today's American culture is traveling; Important Issue UT Transfer Essay [3]

I really liked you choice of topic, mainly because it's unique. However, to be frank, the thought process doesn't flow very well. I would have to reread some of your sentences several times before I understand what they means in relation to each other.

However, one value stood out most from all the others

The other what? Other communities? Other values? You were talking about how distinct the communities was from one another, and then you suddenly switched gears.

people are beginning to get more and more caught up with the little things in life

Such as?

It's even becoming a society norm

What became a society norm specifically?

But what makes us human? Care

How?

It can change our communities and even peoples overall growth

Again, how?

I was the girl who only cared about the little things in life.

Some example of your personal examples would be good

but as I grew older she was right

Did you had some sort of experience that proves that your grandmother was right?

the world has more to offer when you put more concern into yourself, the people around you, and the environment

I see your concern for the environment and for other people. But where is the concern for yourself?

When we care for our environment and the city, people all around us benefit. Recycling or simply not littering can help benefit our local communities in a multiple of ways.

What benefits? Also why did you list specific examples such as "recycling" and "not littering" for environmental care, but you didn't list specific examples for "concern for yourself" and "for other people." "Doing a good deed" is broad and not specific. Did you gave out food to the homeless? etc.

It doesn't necessarily mean the world needs to be eco friendly or be the next Gandhi for a positive change. But the simplest acts of caring can make a huge impact in different aspects.

Personally, I feel that this can be simplified and combined as one sentence. I would stay away from an ending sentence that start with "But", unless there's some type of dramatic effects, which I don't see any here. Also, "different aspects" of what? Of the world? of Life?

I think it might be better if you includes some examples of how the value of caring affect you personally. Not just that it does, but how? Your mental development, maturity...Maybe include something that you saw while on the move from place to place?

Overall this is a good essay. You just need to use more and better transitions as well as concrete examples.
That's all for me, sorry if I offended you. Hopes this helps :)
aLuckyStudent   
Aug 14, 2013
Undergraduate / Honors, fame, and glory. Who doesn't want it? - applying to Honor's College [2]

So this is my essay applying to Honor's College. They asked me why I wanted to, and I couldn't just say "to put on my resume," because apparently that's too shallow. So I tried to write a good essay, but I'm not at all confident. You may notice that the part where it asks me why I wanted to go to Honor's College is a little short, possibly because, aside from fame and glory, I don't really have much of a reason. I feel because of my shallowness, this essay is a bit cold. Unemotional. No passion and such. I really hope someone have some sort of suggestion for me to buff it up, or at least to help me fine my voice. Any criticism is welcome, no matter how brutal. I'll take what I can get. Thanks.

Here's the Prompt:What does it mean to be an honors student? Why do you want to be in the Honors College? How do you envision applying the honors degree to your major?

The Essay:
An honor student, in my opinion, is neither about intellect nor grades. Instead, it is all about character. To an honor student "diligence," "integrity," and "determination" are not just idealistic word choices, but rather, they are the essential and rudimentary blocks upon which the "honor" is built. In fact, the purpose of having high grades while maintaining a heavy and advance workload serve to highlights these fundamental qualities. Also, an honor student need, to a certain extent, to develop and demonstrate certain leadership abilities. Due to the rigid nature of the advance workloads, an honor student must know how to, pardon the phrase, "work smarter, not harder." While hard work is great and should be widely encouraged, sometimes in order to resolve an obstacle or an assignment most effectively and efficiently, an astute student needs to be able to employ problem-solving skills and "thinking outside-the-box" as so that the most desirable solutions are achieved. Furthermore, an honor student, the pinnacle of character, must also help in being an example and leading their fellow peers toward the right path. This is accomplished by upholding and preserving certain moral and ethical standards, all the while maintaining an open mind with compassion and sympathy.

I want be in the Honors College because I would like to challenge myself. I want to be an honor student not just for the academic challenges, but also for the emotional and ethical challenges. I want to push myself to see if I can accomplished my goals and task, no matter how much or how difficult, without compromising my own characters and the characters worthy of an honor student. I also want to serve as a role model to other, by the examples and the action that I set. By seeing me persevere through tough and bittersweet times, I hope that my peers will be encouraged to focus and improve their academic and priorities, and ultimately their lives.

I major in the field of Business, a field that many people feels is ethically questionable. With the Honor's degree as a symbol of wisdom and character by my side, I am certain that I will be able to have confidence as well as the ethics to not only carries on, but also to be successful in the face of whatever comes my way in the venture of my major. Thus, I feel that with the help of the Honors College, I may push the boundaries of my limits and unleash my full potentials, for myself, for my friends, for my future, and for everything that I stand for.
aLuckyStudent   
Aug 13, 2013
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] - Fatherhood implies environment provided by father to his children for their growth [8]

Honestly, I don't want to be mean, but I would give it a 4.
One point for effort, two points because your essay answered the question and you hit somewhere in the ball park. One point out of generosity.

I'm not going to focus on the grammatical errors, just know that there are a lot, and be sure to proof read them.

As of all essay it would be better if you organize it paragraph by paragraph instead of this one big section.

fully agree to the given statement that fatherhood should also be emphasized as motherhood and women are also as responsible as male in bringing their children up.

The first part was right, the second part was not right. The prompt merely stated that the idea of a mother responsible for raising her child stemmed from her decision in conceiving that child. It does not ask for whether or not you agree to the gender equality in the upbringing of a child.

In any society people often think that women give birth, takes care, nourish and teach different skills to children.

This is a very big generalization. It is also a bit discriminatory, assuming that women should give birth and such, so be careful.

Although this is very much true father is also equally responsible

For what? Raising the child? Be clearer please.

Families with a good father do not generally have to worry about food, spending or good family environment.

Again sexist, discriminatory, sweeping generalization. This is not true in many households, so please fix it.

Another important fact in most of our society that woman generally takes that decision about whether or not to have baby.

In China, the government decides whether or not to have a baby.

This shows that women are also responsible for bringing up their children.

Here you are just restating the fact in the question.

From our childhood we have been observing that mother nourishes, cleans educates children which are responsible tasks.

First, that's not true. Second does bringing home money to feed the entire family not a "responsible task?"

This example shows that mothers are also equally responsible to bringing up children.

That is not an example. You just made a vague sweeping generalization. That does not count as an example.

Furthermore there are a lot of single parents these days in our society who need to play role of both father and mother to bring up the children which is very difficult job.

This does not connect anyway to you essay. You could connect it by saying that single parent can be fathers and thus the role of fatherhood should be elevated.

Finally I'd like to conclude by saying that although motherhood is widely considered in most of the societies

Consider what? For what?

fatherhood must also be emphasized because father creates good environment for their children to live a better life.

You finally ended it with yet another vague generalization.
Might want to put in an actually concluding paragraph.

My number one issue with this is with all the assumptions, some of which are discriminatory and simply untrue.
Sorry if I offended you.
Good luck
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 24, 2012
Undergraduate / "Is that a deal?"; Columbia U; Personal experience [2]

This essay focuses on how my personal experience gives me an interest in the major of business management.1500 words
English was not my first language so please forgive me if I made a mistake. This essay is well over 1500s so I was going to cut it down, but I thought I'll get some opinion on it before I cut it down. Any suggestions is much appreciated.

Thank you very much for your help :)


"Is that a deal?" "It's a deal." Surviving in a household devoted to the conduct of business, these are two phrases that I have not only had the pleasures of hearing, but also of saying them. This was the intended result of an unofficial profession I carries, as it turns out, that started at a much younger age than expected. My immigrant parents, true businessman at heart, finds themselves with a strange deficiency for the language called English, and therefore was incapable to carry out their business ambitions. Being unable to resolve this little issue, my parent, still ambitious as ever, turns for help from me, their one and only son, the sole English-speaking "proprietor," and the only person they truly trust. Thus, instead of carrying dirty trays at McDonald, or hanging undergarments at GAP, this not-so-typical-seventeen-year-old teenager took a headfirst dive into the world of dealing and managing. This set up was neither a shock nor displeasure for me since I've grew up in an environment where the term "maximizing profit" was a hotly debated topic around the family dinner table. I started out small, conducting pedantic and cyclical rituals such as paying bills, and then slowly promoted higher jobs such as applying and canceling contracts. I must admit, though, that even starting out small, the first few times did manage to twinge my nerves. Nevertheless, not only did I pull through, but I began, slowly, to develop a real and genuine interest in the field of business, and hopes that one day I can experience enough to truly understand what makes the world go round.
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 24, 2012
Undergraduate / Disabilities - UNC @ Chapel Hill - What problem am I trying to solve? [3]

This is an excellent essay, well organized, well planned, clear and concise. The only real thing, to me, is the abbreviation of YNOT at the beginning. I don't know what it is so even though I might have a general guess I feel that it could take away from the full significance. You also might want to put how your actions of today might impact long-term into the future.and what will you do more in the future.

Overall this is a great essay.
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 24, 2012
Undergraduate / My favorite Korean bands; ''Kpop"/ What do you do in your freetime essay? [8]

I agreed with the first commentor that your ideas organization is rather unclear. The main idea about your interest in Kpop sort of "pop" out at the very end of the paragraph. If I read everything except the title or the last line, I would have no clue what you are trying to say. It would look like you're trying to mold this intro into a typical intro with a general and vague statement starting out then becoming narrower until it focuses on the subject which is fine. The problem arises with your general statements and when you're trying to narrow down the subject. Let me clear this up more:

Superjunior, T-ara, Chocolat, 2NE1, SHINEe, Sistar, and Younique might seem like odd names,

I understand what you're doing, but already I feel overwhelm by the number of different names. Try just picking three

My friends don't understand my tastes in music when I tell them about it, but nontheless I listen to it everyday, much to their annoyance anyway

Wait, is this trying to establish your a part of your personality which accounts in the fact that you like these bands, or it this about your individuality and the differences between you and your friends?

When I saw the vid for "Oppa, Oppa" by Eunhae, I was delighted to see their music video and dance along with them.

Wait, I thought we were talking about the Kpop, not Eunhae. Ok, so you like that music video and you dance to it, how does that establish a relationship between you and the Kpop?

That is one reason why I love kpop so much-its infectious positive music that makes you want cavort and dance around. ...

If this is your intro, is that your thesis? If it is, then you only have one reason why you love kpop so much? O.o

I am sorry if this offended to you in anyways, but these are just the things I noticed when I read your intro.
Hopes this help
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 17, 2012
Essays / "Who are you?" No idea how to write about this [5]

I'm going to be honest here and say that it's good for first draft. It has some personalized factors and it is able to conveyed the points and the main ideas across, which is good. The only thing that doesn't settle very well is the issue with organization of your main ideas/paragraphs. The organization is a bit choppy, it doesn't have much flow and main ideas seemed loosely connected. Perhaps work on the transitioning, maybe a sentence at the end of each paragraph, to better transition from one idea to another.

I never want to have to go through this type of situation again.The Drug Court Program constantly reminds me of the mistake I made

These two sentences are just poping out there. They seemed disconnected and would be better if you elaborate more about them individually.

Currently, I have a side business repairing computers, "jailbreaking" iPhones, and creating websites.

I'm glad you concluded specific examples, but "jailbreaking" iPhones doesn't sound like a reformed convict. Just convict.

I absolutely love your usage of "health enthusiast," it sounded perfect for displaying a positive image.

Overall this is a good start. Just a little more transitions and better elaboration and I think you have something pretty good on your hand.

If I offended you at any point, then I'm sorry. Just trying to be of help.
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 17, 2012
Essays / "Who are you?" No idea how to write about this [5]

Ok so here's the thing, I don't really know about your personality or the severity of what you've done, because that would be crucial in how to curtail your essay.

But if I was doing this generically, then here are some suggestions:

-Your Bio: In your bio your should consider expanding some areas of your life that is relevant and meaningful to being committed to learn and to stay in school.

-School life: You would also wants to do maybe a sort of school life bio, focusing on the positive things that you've experience during school. You could includes some of your interest, school related, like sports or a particular class that you really feel passionate about.

-Future aspirations: You may want to includes your future career goals and how going to school might help you achieve those goals.
-Concession:You would want to make some kind of concession in your paper, saying that you know you have made a mistake (even if you didn't) and that you are sorry for what had happen and that you are now a changed man.

-Conclusion: In my experience, it is better to always ends on a positive note. Returning to school will enabled you to get a better career, have a better future, and live a long happy life... So to speak.

These are just some suggestions that I would do if I was in your place, please feel free to ask anything you don't understand.

Goodluck
aLuckyStudent   
Dec 16, 2012
Undergraduate / I instantly fell in love with Columbia University: College Community" 1500 words [8]

Here's is the "essay" that I wrote for Columbia regarding one thing that I like about it. I wrote about the diversity of the college life and how much I would enjoy that. English was not my first language so pls don't laugh too hard at me. Feel free to criticize and give suggestions.God knows I need all the help I can get.

When choosing the right university , it is not only important for me to consider such aspects as core curriculums and programs, but it is also important to look at the college community and life which can help enrich both my academics and my college experience. This is exactly the reason why, when I looked at Columbia's guide featuring the student communities, I instantly fell in love. The cultural and intellectual diversity of the student body, from Romania to Hong Kong, from economists to astrophysicists, shall, to me, foster cultural acceptance, allowing me to easily fit in. The endless options of over 500 clubs and organizations will provide outlet to help be involved and makes a difference in the community as well as a boundless source for making new connections with new friends, not to mention the variety of organizations of political activism and student government, something that is my core passion. Best of all, Columbia is located in New York City, the cultural and commercial capital of the world. This nurturing, international community of cultural and professional ties wills, no doubt, helps me grows and become more efficient both as a person, and as a very lucky student.
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