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Microtheme #3: College Application Essay, Scholarship Essay, or Personal Essay

1. College Application Essay: use one of your prompts, and follow the instructions for that prompt, including the required word count, which might be less than 500 and that’s okay (if you go over the limit, I can help with that). If your college / university has more than one prompt, choose the one(s) you want the most help with.

Scholarship Essay: If you are using one of your scholarship essay prompts for this assignment, pick one that doesn’t go much over 500 words if possible.

Personal Essay: If for whatever reason you don’t need to write a college application essay, write a personal essay . When writing a personal essay (and if your prompt …show more content…

Include your micro theme heading (which you will delete before you submit the essay to a college or for a scholarship). Under the heading where the title goes, include the prompt. If your essay requires a title, then put it after the prompt. See the example …show more content…

Even though grades should not a competition, I often think of them as one. I constantly strive to get the high score on a test or win the award for a class. In my mind, a little extra effort to be the best goes a long way. However, one cannot always be successful at everything. There have been times when I have not done well on a project or exam, and this frustrates me because I put so much effort into my schoolwork. I have learned to accept these failures, and I am very careful to not make the same mistakes next time. Developing self-discipline now will help me achieve my goals for the future, which is why this crucial life skill is so important to me. Most of the people I know do not directly acknowledge how much of a hard-worker I am, but this does not bother me. My self-discipline might go unnoticed to the rest of the world, but it will never go unnoticed by

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