Peer Editing Personal Statement

As a first-year student, I am open to trying new things such as being a Coordinator, I feel that this would be a very enriching experience for me as a student and will allow me to improve myself. I am a very adaptable person, who gets along well with others and can clearly communicate all the required content. Moreover, I have exceptional organizational skills from my previous experience as an executive of Banting Memorial High School’s Student Council, but can always improve if need be. I also enjoy and believe in volunteering overall, with my past experience volunteering in daycares and retirement homes, I believe that I have the dedication, commitment and initiative to be an excellent volunteer coordinator.

As a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and a new Research Technician at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, becoming more familiar with different healthcare settings and helping others in doing so have always been of my interest. From my experience of volunteering as a piano teacher for inner-city children in Baltimore, I have learnt that even a small commitment and emotional support can make a big difference in the daily lives and the happiness of those in need. I have briefly familiarized myself to the hospital environment by shadowing physicians and conducting biomedical research but have yet to translate my volunteering experiences and the lessons learnt from them to the healthcare setting. I am a friendly, optimistic,

The last writing project I did was an Argumentative. I choose to write and argue about the television and its effects on children. What the consequences are on playing violent/aggressive video games in young ages. Using credible sources and prove by evidence I could convince my reader about my opinion. In this paper I had to be fare and show both sides of the subject to give the reader a reliable opinion. The most important thing I learned was how to use all the sources and present them in the text. Using MLA format was something new and different for me. I realized the importance of presenting the sources in the correct format to keep the high credibility in my paper. I also understood that the MLA-format is very useful for paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting in my text.

The personal statement is very important to applicants who intend to be admitted to an undergraduate or graduate school. The role of a personal statement is to make applicants be different from other applicants. It mainly serves the purposes of persuading the admission committee of applicants’ great passion for the study field, explaining their experience that shaped their personality, demonstrating their longtime desire and commitment for the degree, and showing their life goals. What the admission committee is looking for in a personal statement varies from school to school, major to major. Art and Design is a unique program requiring its prospective students to be different in every aspect. The Art and Design Admission Committee is looking for a student who has creative potential in all respects. Hence, for those who want to apply to the School of Art and Design, they should understand how to present their stories, experiences, practice, goals, philosophy, inspirations, and aspirations in a creative way.

In the course, I also acquired the necessary citation formatting used in academic writing, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and Turban. However, the course concentrates more on MLA referencing style. To avoid plagiarism or to acknowledge the work done by other authors, English 1101 taught me to identify all the phrases, ideas, quotations or images from someone else’s work, and cite them accordingly. According to

In my role as a peer advisor, I feel I have made MCLA students feel welcomed during the first days program and the first semester in my first year seminar course. As a peer advisor, I have made the transition easier for incoming freshmen and transfers by being a resource, but most importantly being a friendly face. This role made me proud to be an upper classman at this college where I know that faculty and staff can depend on me and also where students can feel comfortable asking me questions and for advice. Going into my senior year, I was given the position of senior peer advisor which expanded my role from just helping the experience of incoming students, but also to the peer advising staff. I assisted in their training over the course

In English 111, the citation style taught to students is the MLA format, whereas in Humanities courses a student will use APA formatting style for papers. This was difficult for me to remember the differences between the two styles. I became so accustomed to implying the MLA citation skills on papers that when I needed to turn in a paper for my Humanities I had to focus and be aware of the APA formatting styles and not employee the MLA

Throughout this semester, I have learned multiple issues concerning my English 1301 online class. I have learned various writing techniques and peculiarities of MLA, APA formatting, citation norms, and an accurate use of sources. After taking this class, I am pleased to say that now I can not only differentiate MLA and APA formats, but also write papers using them.

Stedman adopts strategies to help writers so they can avoid normal errors that are made when utilizing sources. She uses stories and events and various circumstances and demonstrates to the readers the best possible approach to utilizing citations. The past two-quarters I have tremendously improved in using sources. This article identified the most common mistakes that I make when I write essays and the ones that I was able to identify turned out to be the ones that I made on papers from last quarter and paper one. The most annoying way that I used sources was not introducing quotations which are Dating Spiderman Uncle Barry and His Encyclopedia of Useless Information. This is using an excessive number of citations most common mistakes when

The choices one makes on the way to reach a goal can be bittersweet, as one abstains from many indulgences that bring joy, but can deviate one from the goal, set upon to accomplish. Fortunately, I find myself in such a situation, where I hope to enjoy the result, and know choices were worth the agony.

It is abundantly clear that I must work on my formatting of bulk writing and citations. Though it will remain important to hone my strengths as any skill dulls with lax use. In the following weeks I will be submitting multiple forums, responses, and essays; these will be a critical component in the practice required to improve my skills and solidify their retention. Additionally, I must use this practice and strength to focus my attention on the known insufficiencies. With practiced attention to detail the formatting errors will likely be caught well before time of final submission. I believe the key to future success will be writing and rewriting of all documents with variance in

Those that are intrinsically motivated have a bit of advantages over workers who are more predominantly extrinsically motivated. For instance, intrinsically motivated people work on job tasks because they find them enjoyable and interesting. Additionally, there is evidence showing that intrinsic motivation is positively correlated with learning, achievement, perception of competence and self-efficacy. At the same time, it is negatively correlated with anxiety, depression, and frustration. An intrinsically motivated individual will be committed to his or her work to the extent to which the job inherently contains tasks that are inherently rewarding to him or her (Lei, 2010).

When choosing the career of an editor, one’s mindset often wavers due to the responsibility that comes with being an editor. In the end, many select this career due to a passion for words and the way they make up an entire culture inspiring some with fantastical stories while teaching others numerous lessons. In order to go into this field, one must have numerous strengths. In order to be successful in this field, one must be able to efficiently manage one’s schedule as well as the schedule of another. One must be able to communicate smoothly with others in order to stay on track. The key part of being an editor is their ability to write a well thought out paragraph as well as deduce any changes that need to be made to make the writing more appealing to the readers (Editors). By being able to do all these things, one is that much closer to achieving the important behind the scenes status of an editor. As important as these strengths are, one must also seek a higher education that will allow one to reach their full potential in their chosen

With all the information I obtained about scholarly writing, I plan to use it to numerous types of writing I will do in the future. I can use this knowledge I acquired on this subject for different types of writings at the scholarly level during my studies at the university and beyond, upcoming course assignments, discussion replies, spoken conversations on the subject and my dissertation process. I can give

I believe that few people have a strong inner feeling that pushes them to think out of the box to identify as issue and find the solution. Personally, I always try to find the most creative solution and do not give up until I get it. Sometime this energy is contagious on to next. I always search for the missing links and fine-tune my thoughts until I reach a point that works. This creativity has steadily driven my ambitions through the organization.