How to write a personal essay for Ryerson's Radio and Television Program

I am applying for Ryerson's Radio and Television program and it's been a while since I've written a personal essay. I'm worried about the structure and how the essay should flow.

The questions I must include in my essay are where do I see myself 5 years after the program, what have I done inside and outside of the school that makes me a good candidate, how do I work with others and of all the courses the program offers, which one am I most interested in. The essay is 1500 words.

If I could please be given an idea of how I can start a good thesis, or at least how it should sound and how I can flow it with my body paragraphs, that would be great.

Thank you!

you can start by describing your ultimate goal, what you've done so far, what ryerson's can do for you, and what you can do for ryerson's.

Write a one-sentence answer for each of these, and see what COMMON THEME runs through all of them. In order to write with good structure, you need to have a topic sentence for each part of the prompt, and each topic sentence must be related to a central theme. That is how to make it so that the whole essay says one big thing by saying several smaller things.

This is a 5 page essay, so you need more than a paragraph for each part of this. You need 2 to 3 paragraphs for each part, and every paragraph has to have a clear topic sentence.

:-) This will end up being about 13 paragraphs plus an intro para and a conclusion para for a total of 15 paragraphs. That = 14 good topic sentences and one excellent "hook" at the beginning of the first para to get the reader's attention.

:-) I hope that gets you started!!