imclovis404 4 / 8 Dec 30, 2010 #1Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (150 words or fewer)Please provide me with some suggetions! I am quite not sure about how to write this short answer. Any comments about structures, grammars, anything is welcomed! Thank you! :)When the company where I was taking the internship informed that I was going to meet the manager of U.B.C to do a feedback survey, I turned to be a little bit dull. Because of my shyness, I always liked group-working. But this time, I had to finish the task alone! I am only 16 years old. What if the manager regards me as a juvenile? What if he refused to answer my questions...? I thought in tense nerves.The door of manager room was just before my eyes. After several deep breaths, I knocked on the door. "Come in, please." A mild male voice spoke. I walked in. "Hello." I tried to smile, and I thought that I succeeded when the manager smiled to me, so I continued without letup until I smoothly finished the task. I was proud, and I decided: the road ahead I will go alone.
vienna_v 3 / 6 Dec 30, 2010 #2You have a few tense issues--make sure you stay in either past or present."I thought in tense nerves."-Do you mean "intense nerves" or "tense nerves"...?You may want to write about what actually happened at the internship-they want to know what you did, how you handled the internship, the skills you gained, etc.:)
calvinhmw 9 / 21 Jan 3, 2011 #3When the company where I was taking the internship informed that I was going to meetinformed me of meeting the manager of U.B.C to do a feedback survey,...this was a weel-written essay however I think you should give a brief description of the task you finished. Maybe you should cut off the dialogue at that time and focus more on some specific things you learned from the task.I will appreciate it if you can edit mine. Thanks !! :)
gyq 2 / 2 Jan 5, 2011 #4I like the second one you wrote - focus more on the process rather than your nervousness at the beginning.