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Hi all,
I'm having some trouble with these essay topics for secondaries. I've been fortunate enough to have a relatively stable life. I wanted to see if you thought the following scenarios were ok for the challenge/ failure essays. Also it seems like I won't be able to write about the same situation for the failure and for the challenge essay which I'm alright with but I wanted to see how you guys felt about the following two topics:
1) Describe a time or situation where you have been unsuccessful or failed.
* I wanted to talk about how I tried to get involved with student government in my first year at university. I failed twice but I persisted and eventually became full voting member on council.
2) Describe a challenge you faced and how you dealt with it.
* In my second year my apartment on campus flooded and I was unable to stay there for six months. Fortunately, my family lived about 100 km away from my university so I was able to stay there. But this meant driving about 3.5-4 hours total each day for classes (20 hrs week). I had to learn how to balance my extracurriculars and manage my time. I also had to learn how to study more effectively. Ultimately and somewhat surprsingly, I ended up doing slightly better in my classes during the semester when I drove back and forth than when I stayed on campus.
Alternatively for the challenge essay, I thought I could talk about the various challenges we faced as immigrants where I could focus on a few anecdotal examples.
Are these appropriate or do you feel that they would be weak topics?
I'm having some trouble with these essay topics for secondaries. I've been fortunate enough to have a relatively stable life. I wanted to see if you thought the following scenarios were ok for the challenge/ failure essays. Also it seems like I won't be able to write about the same situation for the failure and for the challenge essay which I'm alright with but I wanted to see how you guys felt about the following two topics:
1) Describe a time or situation where you have been unsuccessful or failed.
* I wanted to talk about how I tried to get involved with student government in my first year at university. I failed twice but I persisted and eventually became full voting member on council.
2) Describe a challenge you faced and how you dealt with it.
* In my second year my apartment on campus flooded and I was unable to stay there for six months. Fortunately, my family lived about 100 km away from my university so I was able to stay there. But this meant driving about 3.5-4 hours total each day for classes (20 hrs week). I had to learn how to balance my extracurriculars and manage my time. I also had to learn how to study more effectively. Ultimately and somewhat surprsingly, I ended up doing slightly better in my classes during the semester when I drove back and forth than when I stayed on campus.
Alternatively for the challenge essay, I thought I could talk about the various challenges we faced as immigrants where I could focus on a few anecdotal examples.
Are these appropriate or do you feel that they would be weak topics?
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