Unique life experience essay suggestions

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Optional Essay: "Briefly discuss any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to your application which have not previously been presented."

I posted a previous thread on this essay topic and it has been helpful in providing me feedback on what NOT to write about. So, I am back with a potential topic to discuss.

1. My family immigrated to a very small town (not quite rural though) where around 0.004% of the population were Asian. I had to enroll in an ESL (English as a second language) course. However, my classmates were Spanish-speakers and, as a result, my Spanish-speaking teacher spoke only in Spanish and English. As my peers continued to excel, I was still struggling with learning the basics of English grammar. Luckily, my sister had an ESL teacher who retired when I started school. She taught me the fundamentals and I was able to use graphic novels to increase my own fluency. I could tie this story with the difficulties associated with having a language barrier and the importance of making use of language translator devices when talking to non-English speaking individuals.

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[Goro]

Optional Essay: "Briefly discuss any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to your application which have not previously been presented."

I posted a previous thread on this essay topic and it has been helpful in providing me feedback on what NOT to write about. So, I am back with a potential topic to discuss.

1. My family immigrated to a very small town (not quite rural though) where around 0.004% of the population were Asian. I had to enroll in an ESL (English as a second language) course. However, my classmates were Spanish-speakers and, as a result, my Spanish-speaking teacher spoke only in Spanish and English. As my peers continued to excel, I was still struggling with learning the basics of English grammar. Luckily, my sister had an ESL teacher who retired when I started school. She taught me the fundamentals and I was able to use graphic novels to increase my own fluency. I could tie this story with the difficulties associated with having a language barrier and the importance of making use of language translator devices when talking to non-English speaking individuals.

How's this relevant to your application?

 

[Bored_Conscious]

How's this relevant to your application?

I separated my personal statement into three chunks, with the first paragraph focusing on communicating important information effectively. I believe it ties in well with that experience along with my involvement with those with intellectual disabilities. Although they don't necessarily having a language-barrier (they are native English speakers), I found that communication barriers were still prevalent and found that my experience helped me pick up body cues more effectively, helping me become a better coach when I trained them for powerlifting.

 

[Goro]

I separated my personal statement into three chunks, with the first paragraph focusing on communicating important information effectively. I believe it ties in well with that experience along with my involvement with those with intellectual disabilities. Although they don't necessarily having a language-barrier (they are native English speakers), I found that communication barriers were still prevalent and found that my experience helped me pick up body cues more effectively, helping me become a better coach when I trained them for powerlifting.

Sounds fine

 

[Bored_Conscious]

Sounds fine

Thank you!

 

[Barrett Sanders]

Optional Essay: "Briefly discuss any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to your application which have not previously been presented."

I posted a previous thread on this essay topic and it has been helpful in providing me feedback on what NOT to write about. So, I am back with a potential topic to discuss.

1. My family immigrated to a very small town (not quite rural though) where around 0.004% of the population were Asian. I had to enroll in an ESL (English as a second language) course. However, my classmates were Spanish-speakers and, as a result, my Spanish-speaking teacher spoke only in Spanish and English. As my peers continued to excel, I was still struggling with learning the basics of English grammar. Luckily, my sister had an ESL teacher who retired when I started school. She taught me the fundamentals and I was able to use graphic novels to increase my own fluency. I could tie this story with the difficulties associated with having a language barrier and the importance of making use of language translator devices when talking to non-English speaking individuals.

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[LizzyM]

Focusing on your ESL experience and the age at which you learned English adds something to your application that helps us to interprete the rest (pardon the pun).