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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Best/Worst—due October 3
What is going best about your current rough draft? Worst? Include 150+ words.
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My essay is about two different types of pitchers. It talks about why the two main pitchers are pitchers that throw hard and pitchers that focus on offspeed pitches that move. The best thing about it so far is that I believe I will be able to get the minimum requirement of pages easily for this essay. I can talk a whole lot about pitching and have no trouble coming up with talking points. The worst part about it is that there are not too many people interested in baseball. It does not matter when it comes to the grade, however. As long as the essay is interesting to Mr. Christensen then I will be fine. I like talking about baseball; postseason baseball starts tomorrow and it motivates me to write more about my essay. All around, I believe my essay will turn out good because it is something I am enjoying writing about.
I will be writing my essay on a scholarship with a prompt asking "If you could change one thing in the world to make it more of a caring place what would you change." I think the hardest thing to do is choose just one thing to change because there are so many negative aspects of our world we need to change. Our world has centered itself around social media and what other people think of them as a person based on their outside appearance. The best thing about writing this essay would just be the whole idea of making the world a better place for everyone. I think with each generation our society has become more and more self-centered and less about our world and what we can give back to it. I also love the idea that I can use this essay for my actual scholarship to help me further my education in college. Overall I am enjoying writing this essay.
I will be writing my essay on a scholarship with a prompt asking "If you could change one thing in the world to make it more of a caring place what would you change." I think the hardest thing to do is choose just one thing to change because there are so many negative aspects of our world we need to change. Our world has centered itself around social media and what other people think of them as a person based on their outside appearance. The best thing about writing this essay would just be the whole idea of making the world a better place for everyone. I think with each generation our society has become more and more self-centered and less about our world and what we can give back to it. I also love the idea that I can use this essay for my actual scholarship to help me further my education in college. Overall I am enjoying writing this essay.
I am writing a scholarship essay and my biggest obstacle is making the word count without sounding redundant. The question I am trying to answer is "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?". This question is not easy for me because I am a simple person who does not crave a lot of things. I am happy as long as I have a house that I built and is filled with memories and photos of my life. I want to look back in my life and be proud that I stood up to every obstacle. I want to fight with determination and vigor. I want to back life into a corner instead of the inverse. My word count goal is 500-1000 words. Currently, my word count is 168. I am a simple person with simple goals. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to shelter animals and I want to help kids who are in bad situations. I want to give advice to people who need it. I am happy with a life where I am constantly being able to learn. Money is not the main source of happiness for me. My main source of happiness comes from accomplishments. The best thing about my essay is it's an easy question, however, it's hard for me to accomplish the word count.
I am doing the scholarship version of the essay. I have researched some different types of scholarships that would relate to me and where I want to go. For example, I am going to do the Rawlins Scholarship for incoming freshmen at USD. Also, the AFC Visionary Scholarship because the topic is easier to write about; why is college important to me. I will easily get the requirement of 900 words by Friday. Some topics are easier for me to talk about in my essays; like my volunteering and academics. But it is not easy to discuss my leadership skills; which is usually another common essay topic. I am more of a team player so saying I am a leader is somewhat lying. I have to think of potential activities I have done to be seen as a leader. Besides that, I believe doing this will be very beneficial to me by getting the chance to save money. Besides the 1750 words needed for this essay, I will be doing more scholarship essays beyond this after the essay is due. This gives me a chance to be more prepared and lower the stress I have with college applications, deciding where to go, and what to do.
I decided to write the scholarship essay. To reach my total of 1750+ words, I have picked four that stand out to me over the rest. Since two of the scholarships pertain to the subjects of community service and volunteerism, I will have no trouble reaching the 900-word limit that is due Friday. When searching for scholarships, I wanted to find one (in this case, a few) that reflected my character, personality, and aspirations as I move towards adulthood. Community service and volunteering throughout the year is a topic I will easily be able to write about. Being an active member in my 4-H club has provided me with many community service projects throughout the year ranging from Christmas Caroling, Blessing Bags, Bones and Blankets for the Humane Society, and more. To not write about serving others would be silly! While these two scholarships of serving are on the easier side, the hardest one to write will be the talent/background/interest that makes me unique and a promising student at any college. While students have many talents, I would like to mention one that separates me from the majority. Being able to find an interest/talent and such that establishes me truly different is going to be the most challenging aspect of this scholarship. Elaborating on my given talent or interest will also make it difficult to explain just how I livestock judge, participate in marching band competitions, or consumer judge products. Whatever challenge these scholarships will present me with, I know the practice of writing will better prepare me for deeper thinking essays, or scholarships I am eager to receive.
What is going best about my current rough draft is getting to write scholarships for a grade. Getting to work on something that will benefit me for multiple reasons. My first scholarship prompt is “Why I am Choosing Nursing as My Profession”. I think the hardest thing about writing this prompt is really thinking deep down on “why” you want to be a nurse. It’s easy to say that you want to pursue it and actually doing it putting reasoning behind it takes more thinking. Another hard thing about writing this prompt is the limited experience I have had in the medical field to actually say that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I want nursing to be my profession because of my role model in the professional field. She is passionate about her job and I want to strive to be like her. In the end, I am following my dreams about being a nurse and trying to compose scholarship essays that reflect it.
I am writing scholarships for the essay. I think that the hardest thing about completing this task is simply finding the right scholarships to write about. Obviously, there is no such thing as a perfect scholarship for someone. However, I have found that there are scholarships that are more fitting for me and easier for me to write about. I would much rather write an essay about something that I am knowledgable or passionate about rather than something I am indifferent towards. The quality of the essay would be much higher and would give me a better chance at winning. Other than that, I have found a few topics so far that I could actually write some quality words about. I wrote about 175 words on the reasons why I enjoy Brandon Valley High School. That was pretty easy because I have had a great experience here. I wrote another 100 words on what I have learned about money, and I have learned a lot. I found a great topic to write about—safeties of driving. This was also fairly simple to complete because I found I was pretty knowledgable about the topic. I have looked at a few more scholarship opportunities and I have a few in mind. I just need to find the right ones.
The best part about my current rough draft is that I know what I am talking about. My compare and contrast is about the banjo and guitar. These are two instruments that I am very familiar with and I play often. The good part about my essay is that since I know a lot about these two instruments, I can go on for paragraphs talking about them and all the knowledge I know about them. I know about all the different styles you can play them, how to play them, how to maintain them, all the different terms used when playing, and all the different little components about each instrument. The one bad part about my current rough draft is that I didn’t know the history of each instrument. Because of this, I had to look it up and summarize all the main points in the history that would be applicable to my essay without losing the reader’s interest. Overall, my essay is going very well and I think I will have more than enough information about my topic and I might consider making a video presentation along with it.
I am doing the scholarship essays for college. The essay I am working on right now is the Horatio Alger Association essay. It will be difficult for me because I have to write about my life. Throughout the application, I had to give a lot of personal information and details about how I grew up. The requirement for this essay is that I have to pick a specific person or role model from a list of people they give me and explain how I grew up and what I have done in relation to the things the person I pick has done. That will be difficult because I don't like to compare my life to other people's lives. The only thing making it easier is that I like to write and I have a lot to write about. I just do not like the fact that I have to research someone and compare things from my life to things in their life.
For this essay, I have chosen to participate in writing for college scholarships. What I have found to be going the best for me is that the large majority of these essay prompts are either incredibly creative or casually simple. With this, I feel that I can express myself more through my own writing style, rather than focusing on reaching requirements or adapting a certain orientation to match the mood of an essay. Many of the prompts pertain to you and your aspirations, and it is always much easier to go into detail about your goals than a prompt that perhaps has little meaning to you. What has been the most difficult in writing for scholarships, however, is finding scholarships to write for! In my experience thus far, tons of the scholarships won't open applications until November or mid-December, and so there is no way to access their writing prompts. Another annoyance that I have found is that you are required to create accounts with all of these scholarships, which is very time-consuming.
If you want to be technical, I am not writing the essay so it is not a rough draft:) I chose to write for some college scholarships because everyone could use a little help when it comes to paying for college. I overall find it the most difficult to think of enough material to write 1000 plus words about one single question; sometimes even 400 plus words if the question is simple enough. I enjoy writing, although, so even though it is hard to think of material sometimes, once I do, it feels really nice to be able to type it down on my doc. An easy thing about writing scholarships over the essay is that there are a lot of scholarships out there in the world for me to write about, but there is only one essay and in that essay you can only compare two things. So yes, overall I just believe that the scholarships are easier to do because they are for an important purpose and there is plenty of them floating out there on the internet.
I have forgone the decision to write the compare and contrast essay, but to instead write a couple of scholarship essays. In the beginning, it was a struggle because I couldn't find essays that I wanted to write. In order to write a better essay, it should be a topic that you are excited to write about. I started by looking at the ones the councelers had listed but decided to do some searching on my own. After doing some digging I had found my topics; the first being about how cell phones have changed people, and the other about how if all the world's problems are solved is optimism still necessary. Both of these topics I feel passionate about writing them. The worst part is trying to expand my ideas. I have basic points as the structure of my first essay, but I need to elaborate on those points to make the thoughts clear and comprehensible.
My Compare-Contrast essay is off to a slow start. Through writing numerous essays in school for years, I have learned that I tend to struggle with introductions, titles, thinking of topics, and starting my essays in general; the Compare-Contrast essay is not an exception. Similar to those previous essays I have written, I struggled to think of a topic for this essay for some time before finally deciding on one. After deciding the topic, I instantly started to think of potential things I may include and how I would compare them. At this point, I know nearly everything I am going to write; however, I still heavily struggle with starting it. I am very indecisive with titles and because I consider the introduction to be very important, I often overthink it and spend too much time on it. I have not started any body paragraphs yet; however, past essays have shown me that when I finish my intro and blend it into my first body paragraph, I am able to fly through the main portion of my essay. Body paragraphs are certainly my biggest strength. Conclusions also usually come easy to me because I can use the foundation of the introduction that I spent so much time on to help me wrap up the essay and return to the original point. Although it is a frustratingly slow beginning, I am not too concerned about anything in the Compare-Contrast essay.
I am currently suffering from a severe case of writer's block. I can not think of anything that would be worth putting into my essay. I am coming up with and listing ideas that I want to work into my essay but I can not figure out how to actually put them into sentences that flow with the rest of my writing. Most of the draft that I have completed so far is going to need heavy revision to the point that I might need to start over completely. This is going to be a very rough draft. I think that I just need to start writing whatever comes to mind without worrying about transitions. Once I start to get more ideas onto the page it will be easier to go back and revise it. If I can just get my writing rhythm down, finishing my essay will be a cinch.
The topics upon which I am writing vary greatly. I am composing multiple scholarship and application essays. Admitting this is not my favorite thing, but there does not seem to be much to comment upon at the moment. There are brief ideas for all the prompts and I am excited to expand on each of them. Finding the prompt for a college application was exciting and getting a start on that is great for me in the long run. I feel as though my words will be much more effective and thought out for this essay rather than other prompts that I might not relate to nor care as much about. There is much more enjoyment in writing these essays than other essays that I have written. Like I mentioned earlier, the worst thing about my rough draft is that I am not very far along. I struggled to find the time and decide what I was going to write about. Now that I have cleared up all questions, I feel confident to compose quickly, effectively, and make up the lost time from my rough start!
I am doing the scholarship essays for college. The essay I am working on right now is the Horatio Alger Association essay. It will be difficult for me because I have to write about my life. Throughout the application, I had to give a lot of personal information and details about how I grew up. The requirement for this essay is that I have to pick a specific person or role model from a list of people they give me and explain how I grew up and what I have done in relation to the things the person I pick has done. That will be difficult because I don't like to compare my life to other people's lives. The only thing making it easier is that I like to write and I have a lot to write about. I just do not like the fact that I have to research someone and compare things from my life to things in their life.
Writing this Compare-Contrast essay so far has been going well. Though I only have one page done, I feel accomplished. In my essay, I am comparing Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Writing an essay that I know a myriad of information on the topic really helps. Football is, arguably, the topic I know the most. Comparing these two has been a great challenge. It brings in new thoughts and ideas that one is open to discussing. The content of the essay is greatly known by me, which overall boosts my confidence in writing essays. I am much more aware and knowledgeable when it comes to writing essays like these. Football is a topic that I love, and I will extract all the knowledge I can of the game and implement it into the essay. While there have been many highlights so far, there have been downfalls as well. My biggest challenge is what topics to discuss because there are so many. Narrowing it down to three will be a challenge for me. I believe my slow start has also contributed to the struggles I have had. I hate slow starts, but I do not like to procrastinate. I expected more than one page to be done currently, but it is a challenge I am willing to endure.
I decided to write scholarship essays rather than compare and contrast essay. One of the essays I chose to write is called the AES Engineering scholarship. The topic of the essay is "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?" The hard thing for me is trying not to "blend in" but instead stand out and leave an impact while I write this essay. I don't want to sound like everyone else and I don't want to repeat the same words over and over again. Another hard thing while trying to write this essay is that it is hard to put your thoughts in your head to make sense and sound coherent on the paper. A good thing about this is that I know what I want to write and how I can try to sound unique and different while getting my point across.
For my essay, I am writing essays for college scholarship. My current rough draft doesn't have very much written on it because it took me a while to find the different scholarship essays. The best part about my current rough draft is that I found some different essays to write about. I found these scholarship essays based on what related to me and how I fit into the criteria. I also picked the topics that I could write energetically about to give myself the best chance to win. I will now begin to start typing my rough draft the best that I can. This is good because I haven't started yet and now I can get to typing. The worst part about my rough is that I haven't got very far yet. It took me a while to find the scholarship essays that I could write about. Because it took me a while to find these scholarship essays, I don't have very much done. I need to get this done by Friday so I will have to work hard to get the 900 words done. The essay is going well for me, but I will have to work hard to get it done.
Throughout my process of making my current rough draft, I have had the chance to observe the good and the bad parts about it. The essay type that I chose was the scholarship essays—specifically an essay detailing what it would take to consider my life successful 30 years down the road. Writing an essay to get money, seems like a much smarter choice which is the main reason I am spending my time hoping to get something in return. Currently, the best parts of my essay are coming from my attempts to keep my essay proud, while still getting the point across without seeming boastful. One thing I have found to be somewhat difficult is the task of appearing original; however, working on being creative in my writing has helped with that. To appeal the most to scholarship readers, I try and use more exotic words—not too crazy, but enough to display a higher intellect—making my writing seem much more complex, giving me a better chance of receiving scholarships. Another essay that I have already finished and turned, had a topic on improving upon weaknesses. This essay was a very interesting and enjoyable essay to write because I try and incorporate the idea of improvement every single day. Overall, better parts of my essays come from having the confidence, and the skill to effectively portray your thoughts; however, the worse parts of writing these essays come from the task of catching the eye of the reader.
Instead of writing the comparison-contrast essay I have chosen to write scholarship essays. Starting the scholarship essay was quite hard. I looked on the counselor's website for scholarship essays but couldn't find any because most of them had requirements that did not apply to me. I then contemplated writing the comparison-contrast essay and comparing North Dakota and South Dakota, but then opted out of that idea and went back to looking for scholarship essays. I then found a couple of scholarship questions that I felt I could passionately write on, one being “Describe a meaningful volunteer experience.” The good thing about writing scholarship essays is you get to pick and choose what questions you want to answer. This makes it much easier to get a full five pages for the essay requirement. Currently, I have about two and a half pages done and think I will finish this essay easily.
I have decided to take advantage of writing scholarship essays instead of the comparison essay. I believe that there is not really a worst part to the rough draft so far, I think the hardest thing that I have had to do so far is to find scholarships that I am interested in, are not a lot of registration work and are worth my time to type out. Any benefits that I can receive from college will be helpful but I would prefer to write essays that are worth a little more and are something that I am interested in. So far I have found a scholarship that is offered by Poet, it is about a time that you have struggled in your life, and about being never satisfied in how the world can be better. I think the easiest thing will be responding to the questions because they are personable and something I will enjoy writing about.
For this essay, I chose to go with two different scholarship essays. For the first one, the essay topic is describing a time that I challenged a belief and how I overcame these struggles. This essay is going very well for me currently. The topic strikes interest in myself by the idea of facing disbeliefs in my life and conquering these; to prove that my own beliefs matter is my objective. For the errors in my first essay, I am struggling with what to add to the essay. The prompt has many items that I can include; however, the ideas flowing from my brain are not what I really pictured for this essay. For my second scholarship essay prompt, I am still looking for the perfect concept. This is one of the struggles I face with this essay. Overall, the scholarship essay project is a great idea, with wonderful opportunities to send in these composed essays into colleges and universities for the possibility of scholarship money.
I chose to write scholarship essays rather than the comparison essay because I have been wanting to fill out scholarships and this holds me accountable so I will actually do them. I have found one scholarship essay that can be 500-1000 words and it asks what it will take for me to consider myself successful in 30 years. I enjoy and find it very easy to write about this topic because there is no research involved and there is no right or wrong answer. What I am struggling with is finding other scholarship essays that I want to write about to get to 1750 words. I am also beginning to struggle with deciding what information is relevant and what information is not relevant; as well as struggling to find a good blend between personal accomplishments that I hope to achieve but also not be self-centered and show how I want to impact more than just myself with what I do.
My decision to choose the scholarship version of the essay seems to be a great one. Since colleges are typically wanted to know about the students that would be potentially enrolling at their school, they ask some very in-depth questions. Colleges are also more likely to ask you tough questions when they are offering you compensation in the form of a scholarship. The questions provided on the Scholarship Essay Topics google document were a great base point to jump off of. They allowed me to choose questions that are introspective in my own life that I am interested in answering. I would say that my essay is going pretty good—I know that I’m biased— but I am more grateful that the words I compose are coming straight from my heart into questions I feel passionate about. On the other hand, I would say that my essay is rather short currently and I need to work more on it. I am also finding it rather hard to write something that is new and interesting to me. I believe that my diction style is quite dull and hard to read and or find enjoyment in.
I decided to write a comparison-contrast essay. There were a few ideas I had in mind about it, but I just decided to roll with the one I could write the most about. I think choosing my topic was pretty difficult. There are a lot of options I could think of, but I did something that I had already experienced. I have been able to find many differences and similarities between my topic. My topic is also something I think about quite often, so it has been relatively fresh in my mind for some time. This helps me write a lot without difficulty. The most challenging part of writing my essay so far is trying to balance out how many differences and similarities I am using. I am noticing that the contrasting points are significantly greater than my comparison points. I am going to have to figure out a way to balance them out. I considered changing my topic, but I still think I can make it work.
The type of paper I chose to write was the scholarship essay option. I had previously glanced at the different scholarship opportunities but had not decided which ones I was going to apply for. After starting to write some scholarship essays, I have chosen all of the different options I plan to do. I would say that the worst part of my essay so far is actually deciding which ones I will add to my final essay. Another thing that I am struggling with at times is to write completely about the topic given, but I do not want to seem repetitive. I really want to answer the question to its fullest potential but with the limited amount of words and length each portion of my essay can be, it has become a challenge. I would say that the best part of my essay is that most of the questions I am asked to answer are personal so there is really no wrong answer. I can express myself and my feelings throughout the question to really show what I have to offer.
I decided to write scholarship essays for my essay option. I think this will benefit me tremendously for the future when I have to start turning scholarships in and help me not procrastinate something so important. I have struggled with finding the right scholarships that work for me and what I want to do in the future. Also, a lot of the essays have a word limit around 500 so I will have to write about 5 different topics which might get challenging. I have been successful though, once I find the write essay I realized it does not take a long time to think of what point you want to get across and how to achieve it. The essay topics are not difficult to write and it gives you a great opportunity to express yourself and your thoughts. I think this scholarship writing is a great opportunity for me to be held accountable and to start making decisions for my future and not get behind on deadlines.
With this third essay assignment, I chose to do the scholarship option and respond to five total questions and interview answers. Right away I was struggling with what to write about and I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to approach each answer. I was trying to look at the college I wanted to go to and what scholarships they offer to write about before I realized I could make it much simpler. Now that I have my topics chosen I find it much easier to think of the best words to put into the answers. I can tell already with this class my vocabulary has expanded and I try to write in new ways that I have learned. Currently I am behind where I would have liked to be with how much of the essays I have done; with time in class and at home, I think I will have a well written final product.
My compare and contrast essay is about Micheal Jordan and Lebron James and who is the GOAT. this is a debate that has been going on for some time now and there is plenty of information out there. The thing that is best if finding information to put in my essay and that I should have no problem reaching my page limit because of the fact that there are so many different things that go into this debate. But that is also what is going the worst. There is so much information about this topic that it is almost overwhelming and it is hard to decide who is better because there are so many different ways of looking at it and so many stats and info to compare. Also, so many people who talk about this topic have a bias due to many different reasons and already have an opinion shaped before reading so it will be hard to change their minds.
Instead of writing the comparison essay, I picked to write scholarship essays. There are a couple of things that have been troubling me during this process. The first one is finding a good scholarship to apply for. I did find a few good ones, and the major one that is in my rough draft is my UNL statement. I also find starting the scholarship statements difficult. I never feel like I can just jump right into a topic, so I try to think of a clever beginning. Trying to do this takes time for me because I do not want to be original, and I want to catch the reader's eyes. Once I did find out how to start it and I envisioned how I want my statement to go, then it is smooth sailing from there. I think that the easiest part of completing my essay is the word count. The UNL statement question asked what shaped me into the person I am today. This is a fairly broad topic that allows me to be creative when writing. I find it easier to write about topics that interest me because I can easily break them up and add more information about it. I am excited to continue writing these scholarship essays because this assignment could possibly help with expenses in the near future.
For my essay, the first prompt I found was for the National Association of University Women Scholarship. This prompt asks the writer to describe their experience volunteering, how it has changed their perspective, and how it has influenced their career choice. So far, the worst part of writing this rough draft is that it is difficult to start. Sometimes I find myself with thousands of ideas for certain sentences within the essay but have no idea how to introduce them or connect them. Although this part is difficult, I believe that with time and effort I will be able to finally get everything formed. The best part of this essay is being able to talk about my volunteer experience. I like to volunteer with my dad, so it is fun to be able to write about those experiences and possibly inspire other people to do similar things. While formulating the perfect essay that gets your message across clearly is difficult, I can't wait to see what this essay turns into.
I chose to write a scholarship essay and plan to answer multiple scholarship questions. The first question I answered was who influenced me the most during my time in high school. The best thing about going for me right now about scholarship essay questions is that I know what I'm going to write about; I have a good idea and a good plan of what my answer is going to be and how to explain my answer. I found it easier to place our recent vocabs words and use our final exam terms in my essay to help make my essay sound more sophisticated and interesting to read. One thing I have found challenging is having to think really hard about my answers. The essay questions used for scholarships tend to be very in-depth and have to think very hard about. I like to think this as a motivating challenge and I believe it will overall help my writing skills.
I opted to not write the Compare and Contrast essay but to take the chance to write scholarship essays instead. I will say quick that one of the best aspects is how I can write scholarship essays for a grade in the class. It gives me another reason to write them, and even if I don't write anymore in the future, I have these that can be used. This may sound weird, but the best part about my essay right now is just how I feel about it. I don't want this to sound bad, but scholarship essays provide a great chance for you to essentially brag about yourself to schools and organizations and say, "Hey, here's why I deserve the scholarship." For example, the first scholarship essay that I elected to write was the one for the Fine Arts Booster Club, and it is bringing up so many happy memories and experiences, that I can insert into my essay as examples. Honestly, the worst part for me is finding the scholarship essays to write because most of them are closed. Another bad thing is how much I am overthinking writing these. Because they are scholarship essays, I want them to be the best they can be. I want to not just apply for the scholarships, but I want to win. That fact makes me very critical of what I am writing.
I made the decision to write the Compare and Contrast essay. I chose to write this instead of the scholarship because I felt more motivated to do so. When you said that we could compare and contrast two things the gears in my head started turning for ideas I could do. The hardest thing so far about writing this essay is deciding which idea to go with. I had to narrow it from ten ideas to one great idea. In the end, I came down to books v.s. movies. I picked this because I know I can write pages about how different books and movies are. I also have a lot of knowledge about these two topics. I started writing my rough draft on Monday and I already have three pages. I say actually writing it is probably the easiest part right now. I know editing, rereading, and improving it will be one of the toughest parts. I also need to check and work on my grammar. Then I need to add in the ten-terms and make sure I have my five sentences. This will also be a struggle to do. Other than that I feel very confident about my essay.
I decided to write several scholarship essays instead of a comparison essay. I think having this option as a substitute for a regular essay is very beneficial and can help us get ahead on the college application process. For me, the most difficult part of the scholarship essay is finding ones that I like and getting them started. One of the scholarships I recently started was the AES Scholarship and the question to answer is, "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?" The question in itself is not difficult to elaborate on; the start is just challenging for me. Once I found a start to answering the essay question, it was easy from there. I think I will easily be able to get the required amount of words for the deadline on Friday. Writing a scholarships essay for an assignment is a great way to start looking more into what I have in store for my future.
I have chosen to do the compare and contrast essay and the two topics that I chose were the National Football League and College football. I choose those two topics because I would consider myself to be quite involved in them and I know a lot on the subject. So far things are going pretty well because I know what I am going to write about in my head. But, the only issue is that I am not quite sure how I want to put it into my essay and I am not sure where I want to put it. I am also having a hard time coming up with a fluent introduction, but I think that I will just come back to that. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pursue this essay and change to writing a few scholarship essays. I think as time goes on I the words will come easier and I will be able to write the essay with ease.
I am choosing to write scholarship essays. I currently am working on one. I think that my word usage and my sentence structure is good. I feel confident in the answer in my head, but I do not feel confident about the answer in my essay. I am having a hard time writing what I am thinking. Many of the ideas I am being asked to explain ideas that are common sense or learned behavior; they are hard to elaborate on. I also feel that the format I am using does not completely answer the question, or it is unclear that I am answering the question. I have many doubts and I feel like the essay will be confusing to others but I can understand it. Overall, I am stressing out about it. I know there are some good qualities in my essay. I need to take a deep breath and stay calm.
The essay option that I chose was the scholarship essay. So far I have over 600 words typed and only need 300 more by Friday. I have found that writing a scholarship essay about something personal and important to me is a lot easier than writing about something I am not passionate about. I find it really easy for me to write essays about my future career since nursing is something that I am very enthusiastic about. I am struggling with finding scholarships that require essays that would apply to me. Most of the scholarships that I am finding are for students planning to stay in South Dakota. I plan to attend college in a different state in the midwest but would still like to apply for scholarships. One thing that I have found helpful is the colleges' websites. The University of Nebraska Lincoln has a five hundred word scholarship statement that I can use to get multiple scholarships at once.
I am quite excited to complete this essay. I chose to do the Compare and Contrast by doing a photo essay. I am also doing it with a partner and my partner and I work well together. We are going to compare and contrast dance and basketball. I like to write when I get to write about topics I am interested in or passionate about. This essay will be fun because I get to take pictures and be creative with it. The worst thing about this essay so far is the fact that I haven't started it. However, my partner and I can work hard and have our rough draft ready by Friday. This essay will be perfect for me because I enjoy taking pictures and getting to create google slide presentations. I don't mind writing but this photo essay has a perfect mix of different things for me to do. Most people don't think dance and basketball have any similarities but after my essay they will understand that there are actually quite a lot.
I chose to pursue this essay about comparing and contrasting college and professional athletes. I am really excited about this essay because being an athlete myself, I know some of the things that go on during an athletes typical day in high school that will translate to the college level. These two topics come easy to me because I am involved in numerous sports that will help churn my mind to create an amazing essay. The best part about my current essay is the introduction and the introduction of the body paragraphs. I also think that the title of my essay is something that is very eye-catching to viewers. The one thing that I am struggling with is finding subtopics to compare and contrast. I have started brainstorming and have found a few ideas but still need a couple more to complete my essay. People might say that comparing college and professional athletes is difficult and finding differences might be tough, but more differences can be found when you dig deeper into the realm of different types of athletes. This challenge of comparing two different types of athletes made this more reasonable for me to do this rather than choosing the scholarship essay.
As of right now, I am choosing to compare and contrast horror movies and comedy movies. I say right now because I tend to change my mind a bit, and might randomly change my topic to a scholarship essay the night before the pages are due. However, I am excited to write an essay about horror and comedy films. Since it is October, I feel that it is appropriate to write about this topic. My favorite genre of movies are horror films, from the classics to modern remakes I have watched them all, so I feel like I have a lot of knowledge about it. The other type of genre that I watch is a comedy because everybody loves to have a good laugh now and then. I have finished the first paragraph, and think I am going to go with the alternate type of essay format. This format seems easier to me, and also more professional. The main challenge for this is going to be going deeper to find a connection between these two that are not very obvious.
My essay is for the science ambassador scholarship, that requires me to submit an "essay" about any STEM field topic I choose, not necessarily the one I wish to major in. The "essay" is a three-minute video, that I have to write a script for, draw out the video, and then record, so I still have a lot to go for the video. The best thing about my video/essay is that my topic Is Sickle Cell disease, a topic I know quite a bit about due to learning about it at the Career and Technical Academy (CTE). The worst thing about the essay/video is that the judges say to, "It should be accessible to the general public and could, but doesn't have to be, targeted at young students.", meaning that if you take the aim at the younger generation to its most literal— means that I would be writing for possibly elementary and perhaps lower kids to attempt to convince them to go into a STEM field, thus being a science ambassador. That's why its the worst thing about my essay, It's very hard to write convincingly for kids, and well that's a problem I will have to cross.
I have decided to write scholarship essays instead of the comparison-contrast essay. I have multiple topics including what are the best qualities for a leader, what are my future education goals, and what is one thing I would change to make the world a more caring place. For the most part, this is going well. I have the word count for the rough draft due date and a beginning for all my prompts. The prompts I have chosen include a lot of possibilities so I can write about something that I am passionate about which helps a lot. For the prompt about my future education goals, I am writing about my goal to become a medical sonographer. I enjoy writing on this topic which not only makes the essay easier to write but also makes it more believable. The only issue I am having is how to put my thoughts into words. I know what I want to say just cannot figure out how I want to say it. I have lots of ideas that sound great in my head, but as soon as I type them out, it does not sound the way I want it to.
My rough draft is going very well as of now. My comparison is basketball athletes and football athletes. I have broken down the physical traits that both of these athletes possess and utilize in the game. I will be making comparisons between their games and how different sports have different needs to play at a national level. I think this comparison is important in the world of sports, because it is important to understand the difference between athletes that is necessary to understand how the sport is played as a whole. I think many people understand that the sports are different with different kinds of players, but some of these people do not understand how different the sports are. My breakdown of the two athletes separately shows how the athletes are on their own, and then a comparison is made between the two to show directly the minute differences in the players.
I am feeling much more confident about this essay/slideshow now. After learning about the five-sentence classification. I will be making this paper more intricate, yet it will sound wonderful to the ear to read. I will be comparing the denominations of Luthern and Mormons. I'm picking this because I am into religion heavily and it means a tremendous amount to me. I will be breaking the two down into many different categories; such as, how they praise, weddings, and what the symbols represent for both. I truly think this comparison is important to the world as in because we all should have a good understanding of where we are going once we die; therefore, we should learn as much as possible before we do and what we can do to prevent it before we get there. Also will be showing how much difference there is between these two denominations even though we worship the same Lord.
I believe the best thing about my essay is that I am passionate about what I am talking about. My essay is about the different damages and/or fire rates of guns in video games, something I know a lot about. Because I know lots about my topic and have lots of passion for it, I feel like the words will easily flow from my thoughts to the paper. However, I do still have other issues with writing my paper. The main issue I am having with writing is that I like to write the essay in its final form as I go so I don't do much editing to it after I finish. This way to write makes more sense to me, but it takes much longer because I have to strategically place every sentence in its final spot. One other issue I have with writing my essay is having to include vocab words and final exam terms. Mostly how I fix that issue is by adding them in after I'm done. If I happen to write any while I'm going, yay!
I have chosen to write the compare and contrast essay. The hardest part so far has been coming up with an idea. I thought about different topics for three days, but couldn’t seem to find the right one. Many ideas that I had were already taken or just weren’t very good. I was stuck before any writing began and contemplated if I should switch to the scholarship essay. After a lot of thinking, I decided to compare and contrast the ins and outs of football and fútbol. I have an interest in all sports and thought this was a clever idea. The writing has gone smoothly so far. Throughout my essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the attributes of the players, the popularity of the sports, the paths to make it pro, etc. The best thing about this topic is that there are so many different things to talk about. I feel like I will have no problem meeting the five-page requirement.
The two items that I am comparing in my essay are gaming consoles. For the most part, I am doing fairly well on my rough draft and I am confident with what I am writing. The reason behind why I chose these items is because video games are relevant in the world now, and it is important for first-time buyers to know what they are getting and which console is the best fit for them. The Microsoft Xbox, and Sony Playstation. In this essay, I will be explaining a brief history of the two entertainment systems to give more background insight into how they have come to where they are today. Another comparison I will be making is the benefit of each console. With each console, comes different perks that you cannot get from the other one. For example, on the Playstation 3, you could play online with other players for free. For Xbox 360, you have to pay 10 dollars a month to play online with others. I chose to do the Comparison - Contrast essay rather than the scholarship essay is because I enjoy writing about topics I like and have experience with.
I am comparing the NFL and the CFL in the latest essay I am typing. As of now, I feel good about my rough draft, although there are a couple things I am having issues with in the essay. One of the problems I am dealing with is finding information on the NFL that sets itself apart. One of the things I am looking at for that is the business aspect of the NFL. Another issue that I am dealing with, is making sure I leave nothing out so a reader will not be confused after reading my essay. This would be bad, as the point of the essay is to inform the reader about it so they don't have to do more research on their own. One good thing that is happening with my essay, is the facts that I have put into the essay. The facts that I have found are all really important in the comparisons between the two leagues.
Nothing is going good about my essay. I have been so busy the past couple weeks with Mamma Mia the musical and I haven't really been working on my homework. Although I should probably put my schoolwork first, I have been saving all my homework for last minute. I have not started my essay and I am kind of sad about it. Although I haven't started my essay, I feel like the good thing will be using it to get my scholarships out of the way. I chose to write the scholarships because I need money for college. College is expensive, and I could use all the money I could get. I am hoping that writing these scholarship essays will come easily to me because of two reasons. One being I don't have a lot of time to write it. I am started to look at scholarship essays now, and I am excited to start writing.
I am writing scholarship essays. I think so far what is going worst is finding the right essays to write. I went to the counselor’s page and went to the scholarship page and pulled them all up. One of the problems with this was that many of the scholarships are from last year. However, I went through all the scholarships for this year and looked at the requirements of each essay. I found three that would be good matches, but this will still not be even close to the right amount of words I will need. I am also struggling to make sure my essays stand out compared to the rest of the many entries they will receive. The best part of the scholarships that I have started is that I find it very easy to write them quickly because you get to write about yourself. I am not super far in mine, but it won’t take too long to get them done. I also find them easier to write than other essays because I know I could possibly get something back from these essays.
I chose to do a compare-contrast essay. For this essay, I have a few ideas to use for this essay and I think things will work well with my topic. It's really easy putting this essay into words and being able to come up with many ideas to contrast. I am also able to get help from movies so that I know what I'm doing! My essay is also a really self-centered topic. What I mean by that is every idea doesn't have to be solid. It's purely an essay based on some facts and most differing opinions. However, I have an issue with comparing. There aren't really many things to compare in this topic. I hope to be able to overcome this by pure thought and maybe some friends' help. Now the only other issue is actually getting the essay started. I always really struggle with how I'll be able to start and form my topic so that I can make it smooth and easy to understand. As well as to make others want to read it.
Instead of doing the compare and contrast essay, I am writing several college admission essays in order to get my applications submitted by November 1st. I am most happy about how far I have already gotten. Currently, I am nearly 1300 words in and have completed nearly half of the essays required. My QuestBridge application is nearly ready to submit, and I only need to complete a few college-specific supplements. I am also very happy with most of the essays I have written, and I hope that they will help me shine through to the admission committees. The hardest part of this task is definitely when I have to talk about my accomplishments. In college essays, you need to brag without bragging. You must show the admission committees why you deserve to be accepted while still showcasing a modest and humble attitude, something that takes great skill to accomplish. Because of this, I usually need to go through multiple drafts and spend hours contemplating in order to produce the essays I want. I hope this will eventually make me a better writer.
As of now, I have completed three application essays for my rough draft, totaling 1205 words. From my greatest challenge to my unique heritage, I have already discussed a plethora of personal topics. Within these rough drafts, I feel I am doing very well at discussing my topics and how they have changed me. Whether it is the personal traits they fostered or the lessons they taught, I accurately depicted how my background and challenges have transformed me into who I am today. However, I still have one major concept that I have to improve on: showing these ideas rather than tell them. In the college admission process, essay readers examine thousands of essays before they make a decision. Because of this, I have to relate every reason I give with some form of anecdote in order to stand out. Although I have worked diligently to accomplish this task in my completed drafts, I still feel I could do more to ensure that each essay best portrays who I am.
My struggles that I have encountered during my essay so far have been very frustrating. When it comes to writing, it is very hard for me to come up with ideas on the spot. Often times I need to be able to think about many topics or experiences before my writing. With this essay, I could not come up with a good enough idea for what seemed like forever. It was already Thursday and I was starting to become frustrated that I haven't thought of a good enough essay idea and I was mad at myself for procrastinating. I knew I would be able to complete it, but I should have been more prepared. Finally, during class on Thursday we were having a discussion about graduating and our many ‘lasts’ of senior year. This is when my idea of the differences between high school and college graduates came in mind. Now that I have an acceptable topic, I am excited to start my essay and knock out 3 pages after school. My goal for my next essays is to work on my procrastination and find better though provoking techniques.
My compare and contrast essay is off to an ok start. Mine is about the two main types of hunters, that being archery and rifle. I would not say that I am worried about it at all. But the one main concern that I do have is if the readers will be interested in something such as comparing and contrasting archery and rifle hunters. I think now that my story may seem kind of bland, but with some work on it, I believe that people would enjoy the essay. I believe that if I shed light on the wonderful, but sometimes mystic, world of hunting, it might draw some more interest in the sport that I enjoy so much. But, as I was saying, I believe that when I polish my essay up and really work on it, I think it has some serious potential to grasp the reader's attention and make them wish that there was even more yet to read.
My topic for my compare and contrast is the difference between old vs new videogames. I am about a page and a half into my essay and I feel pretty confident about my topic so far. The history of the two is something I am very knowledgeable about and can discuss in length for a while. I can discuss how they were both perceived, created and marketed in their time. As well as specific important moments that would create trends in the industry for a long time. I am a little worried that I might eventually get off-topic from the compare and contrast or run out of things to say before I finish five pages. This time around though I'll remember to put both vocab words and final exam terms in as I write my essay. The hard part is how to start it and now that I have done the rest of the essay should not be too difficult.
I feel like my choice to write the Scholarship will be very beneficial for me in the future. Right now I am very stressed about it because I don’t even know for sure where I want to go or what I want to do. It’s been very hard finding any scholarships in general that are fitting and a topic I am interested in. I haven’t gotten very far on my essay because I keep changing my mind on which ones I want to do. I finally chose to write the Alliance Communications scholarship in which I am writing about the best part about the Brandon community. Once I start typing I think it’s going to be easy to type what points and ideas I want across. The hardest part about it will be making my responses stand out compared to others. Starting scholarships now will help me to not procrastinate later on when writing them.
When first starting, I was going to do the scholarship essay. However, after much consideration, I decided to do the compare and contrast essay through powerpoint. After a lot of hard thinking, Avery T. and I decided to compare and contrast Introverts versus extroverts. We decided to write about this topic because we believe that these describe each of us pretty well. As we continue writing, I believe that the best thing that will be going on about our draft will be finding different scenarios where we can compare the two and what each person would do. I think this will be the best part because there are many different scenarios that we can think up and put either the introvert or extrovert in to react to. On the other hand, I believe that the worst part of the draft will be trying to get pictures for each comparing the two. While this may be easy for some situations when we can set up the shot; however, it will be much harder to get a candid shot comparing the two.
Instead of doing the compare and contrast essay, I decided to find some scholarship prompts. In the beginning, it was difficult to find essays that I could relate to or provided prompts with requirements that seemed reasonable. I'm currently still working on my first prompt and it is coming along well. It has been hard for me to stay on topic because the word count leads me to wander off-topic or begin to over-explain. I'm having trouble trying to wrap up my thoughts and put a strong ending on my essay. I think my first two paragraphs were strong, but I need to go back and make sure my paper sounds personal and professional. Procrastinating has become a problem for me while writing. By picking scholarship over compare vs contrast, the best thing is that I am writing and applying myself in a way that I am confident with. Some of my scholarship prompts include writing about a future business plan or fashion, which are both topics I feel I can write extensively on.
I am writing a compare-contrast essay. My essay is about two different types of fishermen. I am comparing fly fishermen to conventional fishermen. I am comparing them and contrasting them by the skill and practice required, targeted species of fish and locations, gear and tackle needed, and emotions that each type of fishing produces. I did this because I am interested in fishing and know about both types of fishing. I think the best thing about my essay right now is that I am passionate about it. It should be quite easy to reach the five-page minimum. One thing that is going bad about my essay is my wood choice. I need to use larger or different, not commonly used words. I should be able to change most of these problems when finishing up my final draft. By the end of my final draft, I hope to have a great essay written on comparing and contrasting two types of fishermen.
I chose the scholarship option for this essay prompt. At first, it was hard to find a scholarship essay that I actually wanted to write and thought I could win. I finally found a good option last night and started writing right away. I have made great progress since then. Throughout the essay, I answer the question, 'What would it take for you to consider your life successful in thirty years? How would you get there?'. This essay has to fall between 500 and 1000 words; currently, I am sitting at about 650 words. I would say I have all of my big ideas and points out there. Now, I simply need to fine-tune by adding details, changing the confusing lines, and deleting the absolute nonsense. This essay is not where I want it to be quite yet, but hopefully, it will get there soon so I can crank out the next one.
Something that is going good about my rough draft is how fast I am writing it. I am writing about ducks and geese, which is easy for me since I like to hunt them. I am currently at 6 pages and have all the requirements labeled. I am writing about four differences between the two birds and showing how you can tell them apart. I am also explaining a little bit how you can hunt them better and be more successful if you go hunting for ducks or geese. I believe I am getting rather close to finished with the essay. Something that is not going so good, is I'm not totally sure how smooth it is to read. To fix this I could have some of my friends or my parents read it and explain to me how they feel about it. I was overall pretty excited to write this essay since I knew most of it would come really easy to me, I will likely write a lot of scholarship essays in my free time.
My essay is going alright so far. In my essay, I am comparing and contrasting The Borderlands series to the Destiny series. They are pretty similar in that they are the same genre of game. How they go about separating themselves is defined in their story, gameplay, and community. One of the best parts about my essay is that I have plenty of content to go off of, and sources of information. Another great thing about this essay is that I am nearly all-knowing of the Borderlands series as I have poured 265 hours of my life into it. One of the worst parts about this assignment is that the other series I have not played and have very little information on. I am also having trouble getting started on my assignment and getting a good writing flow going. dealing with writer's block is hard when you have other assignments breathing down your neck.
It has taken me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to write about, but finally, I have figured it out. In the beginning, I was set on writing a comparison essay, but as I thought about it I decided to switch my idea and write a scholarship essay in hopes to receive some money out of the process. I have found a prompt that says, 'What would it take for you to consider your life successful in thirty years? How would you get there?' This essay requires more than 500 words, but less than 1,000 words. I have started finally today, and I would say that it is overall going very well. Personally, these specific questions are simple for me to answer as I plan out my future and figure out the hopes and dreams I will work towards. This assignment requires more words in total, so I will also be choosing another scholarship essay to write about, but I have not yet chosen what that will be.
The current thing that is going best with my rough draft is I feel like I have planned it out very well. For an online college speech class this past summer I learned a lot about setting up and speech or essay that makes it seem organized and effective. This is especially helpful to me since instead of a compare and contrast essay, I am writing essays for scholarships considering I am planning on attending South Dakota State University and have planned out my dual credit courses and online classes to go into my major very well. With the progress I have made, I will be able to get my Bachelor’s Degree within three years. I plan on applying to many scholarships, which is why these scholarships essays need to go well and it helps that I feel like mine are organized and planned out well. I feel like the thing that is going worst for me currently with my rough draft is that I am struggling to keep relating my answers to the question while also trying to personalize it and make it seem more personal.
The best part about my current rough draft is I have chosen a topic I know very well. When I get into the body portion and comparing/contrasting the Peace Vs War's effect on the U.S. I will be able to type fluently and quickly. The debt will be the easiest part to talk about, the moral secondly, and the third still needs to be decided. The worst part about my essay so far is starting it. I have always had trouble figuring out how to start my essays specifically the hook and thesis. I tried to go with talking about the debt compared to before world war two and after and how the war got us out of debt but, the Vietnam war and the war against communism also put us back into debt. Then I decided I could talk about the debt-to-GDP ratio, but I have also decided on not doing that. I am currently still stuck on how I want to start my essay.
My essay is about the difference between cats and dogs. I've had many cats and dogs in my life, so the essay is easier when you know a lot about the topic you are doing. The best thing about the rough draft I would say is my intro. My intro is creative for me and I used a lot of words that I hardly know. Another thing I like about the rough draft is that I wrote in a few days and I didn't really have to think about it because it is easy for me. The worst thing about my essay I would say is my lack of creativity the longer my essay gets. The intro I wrote well, but I feel like that the rest of the paragraphs are lacking creativity.
In my current rough draft, which is for various scholarship essays, the thing that is going the best is that I am writing about things I am passionate about. It has taken some searching to find scholarships that I both qualify for and require essays, but I have successfully found a few and are working to complete them. I think that so far my writing is going well and I am finding it easier to compose based on the topics I have chosen. I am having some trouble with one of my essays, which requires me to write about a vague political topic in a specific and impactful way, but also in a way that does not identify my race/gender/age/political affiliation. I am also having trouble choosing phrases that are impactful, but also short and direct. One of my essays is only 500 words, so it is hard for me to compose my thoughts and still meet the word limit.
I am writing my essay with Emily Wendt. We are making out essay comparing Basketball vs. dance. We are doing this because I am in basketball and she is in dance. We are also doing a picture essay which will make it fun. Good things about our essay is that it will be fun to do and it will be unique because we will be taking all of our pictures on our own which will be fun. The bad thing is that we have not started taking pictures for our picture essay yet but we already have all our ideas written down that we want to do. Since we do not have school Friday it will be easy for Emily and I to get together and take all of the different kinds of pictures we need to take in order to complete our rough draft for that night. Then all we will have to do after is explain our pictures on each slide and explain how the pictures we took are either different or are similar.
I am doing two scholarship essays. They are both going very well. Both are going well because they are about things I can relate to and write about easily. One is about one thing I would want to do to make the world a more caring place. The other is about what I see myself doing or what I see as being successful in 30 years. I think the hardest or worst part of my essay is always getting started. I never am quite sure what to put in my introduction. The introduction at the end of my first essay has turned out relatively well so I am content with it. It has also been going well because the topics are easy for me to talk about. They fit my personality. I tend to be a more caring person towards people and so I can easily relate to the things I can come up with. I also know what I see myself doing in 30 years so it is again very simple to write about.
In my opinion, the best thing about my current rough draft is the fact that I have just recently found out what two things I will be comparing and contrasting. I am comparing and contrasting two of the world's best soccer players ever, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This is a topic that I have a large understanding of and will be able to go into great detail about. I am passionate about this and the world is constantly debating who is better and who is the greatest of all time (GOAT). The worst part of my essay is the fact that I struggle to get started. For me, once I finish my introduction paragraph then it starts to become easier and I am able to share my knowledge of the topic at a faster rate. It took me a while to decide how I wanted to word my introduction paragraph and to come up with my thesis statement. However, now that these both are done, I will now be able to get going and compose about this topic that I am very passionate about. I am very excited to see what I am able to compose.
The best thing going on in my rough draft is a reflection. My rough draft is about growing up with married parents or divorced parents. Due to this, I have the chance to reflect on some of the struggles in which the environment provides. Often enough I do not get to reflect upon my life and think meticulously about small integral things that I would not normally use. But when writing this rough draft I am givin the chance to reflect as I earlier stated. The worst thing about writing my rough draft is which ideas I want to focus on and how to relate them through words instead of emotions because I can feel how something was but I need to relay information in a form people can understand. The other hard thing is that I am trying to write the paper from a neutral point of perspective instead of a biased point. This paper makes me think which I like, but I have to be careful to relay information correctly and not present through emotion. Instead, I need to present with logic and ideas and facts that make sense.
I am doing some of my college application essays for this assignment. I am struggling to pick my final essay prompt because the University of Chicago provides many unique questions and ideas to write about in the supplement essay. This is a good thing as well because I have plenty of options that I can write a lot about. I can definitely come up with multiple great ideas for each prompt in order to hopefully have a unique essay. I am struggling to come up with ways to make my other essays unique so that they stand out compared to others. I was struggling to find the requirements for each essay and that set me back a bit. I'm still trying to double-check that I have the right requirements for each essay. Other than those minor things, the essays I am doing are going really well and I feel at least somewhat passionately about.
I am writing scholarship essays for this essay. I have only one done so far, but I think that the best thing about the one that I finished is that it refers a lot about me and I reflect on what I have done in the past which makes it that much easier to write. I am doing it on driver education, so things come to mind pretty easily since I have been driving for quite a while now. I'm not really sure there is a bad thing going on right now with my essay, but one bad thing I can think of his trying to find another essay that can be a little longer that also pertains to me like the other one that I did. I could probably just find multiple essays because I am going to have to do that by next Friday anyways, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
My essay is comparing and contrasting South Dakota and Hawaii. The best part about my essay is that these two entities are polar opposites on almost every single account. This makes for obvious and clear differences that are highlighted throughout the essay. Also, the high number of different points I can bring up in my essay makes it easy to reach the length requirement. Not to mention that there are tons of subject matter on every single topic; therefore, I actually have to cut down on unnecessary information more than usual. The worst part of my essay is including interesting points. When talking about a state, there's only so much subject matter that will actually grab a reader's attention. I'm trying to add as many unknown facts and intriguing topics as possible but it's becoming difficult. Another problem with my essay is trying making it flow smoothly. Because I don't want to overload with irrelevant sentences, my essay lacks in fluidity. Overall, I believe my essay is going well because I have real-life experience in both South Dakota and Hawaii, so I feel like my information—backed by facts— is reliable.
I am writing my essay about the different types of lakes and the people you will find on each lake. The two different lakes being small lakes, like the lake I have a cabin on, and large lakes, such as Okoboki or Minnetonka. What I like most about this essay is that it will be easy to write because I know a lot about lakes and I absolutely love being on the lake. Spending time on the lake is how I spend a large portion of my summer. I think this will be a fun comparison essay to write and I really hope to paint a picture of what it is like to be at the lake, wether its Okoboji or a little tiny lake in central Minnesota. The part I like least about my essay is what I like least about all my essays and that is the intro and conclusion paragraphs. I find it most difficult to write these portions of the essays, therefore, they tend to be the worst part of my essays.
My essay is a scholarship essay for the VFW with the prompt of "What Makes America Great". The best part of my essay is the prompt itself. I was going back and forth between two different scholarship prompts, but I felt my heart was in the VFW prompt the most. I feel as if I will be able to connect to this prompt well and create an impactful essay. I have a clear, solid concept of what I want the focus for my essay to be. The prompt is great because it is open to a wide range of interpretations and allows my personal voice to be heard. The worst part of my rough draft was my initial struggle to find an original, unique idea that was different from the rest. As this is a national scholarship, I wanted to make sure my essay stood out among the rest. It took me a while to brainstorm, but I now have a clear idea of the message I want to be put across. Overall, I believe my essay is a great chance to make a positive impact and is off to a great start!
This essay has definitely been a challenge for me. I decided to do the compare and contrast essay and started working on it on Monday. I got three pages done, and I just wasn't loving the topic I chose and how it sounded. I thought about changing it to a scholarship essay but I was determined to make my essay work. Finally, I restarted it all and changed my topic. So far it is going a lot better and it is definitely a lot cleaner and more articulate than my previous essay. The best part of my essay is that it is very descriptive and I feel it gives you a picture in your head. I try to bring a memory or image into the essay so people can connect to it easier. The worst thing about my essay is that I have three separate paragraphs instead of a fluent essay that flows right into each like a stream down a mountain. I need to figure out how to connect the paragraphs together so that way the essay is a bit more smooth. I now am more excited though to continue working on my essay.
Deciding which essay to write was extremely difficult at the beginning. I immediately wanted to write a scholarship essay as I knew it would be a great jump start for college. However, after reading the different examples and student responses, I noticed many of them were very accomplished and seemed to have their entire future mapped out; meanwhile, I have no idea what my future entails. I decided to write a comparison-contrast essay instead. I wanted to take a basic topic that everyone knew a little about and make it much deeper. Although not much is written in my rough draft, I have a clear idea of what I want to write about. The best part of my essay is having so many ideas and topics to include. Although, the biggest struggle for me is finding the similarities and differences that everyone does not know already as I want to create an entertaining but also knowledgeable essay.
I find that the initial process of beginning an essay is the most difficult for me. I don't find it particularly troublesome to choose a topic, I struggle with developing an introduction that entices and interests the reader. Personally, I believe that the most important part of an essay is keeping the reader interested, with the message of the text being second in order of priority. What good is the message if it doesn't get to anybody? For this reason, I dread the beginning most. Once I get rolling, however, things begin to fall into place and I don't worry or stress over the writing as much. The easiest part is certainly discussing the actual topic. Personally, I always try to select a topic that I am knowledgeable enough in to discuss without much/any research. Once I get to a steady pace and feel confident in my introduction, my essay should begin to take shape.
I am currently writing my rough draft for the scholarship essay. I believe it is going very well for me and I am glad I chose this option. One of the best things about my rough draft is that it is better written than past essays (in my opinion). I believe this is the case because I am writing for a better purpose than just for a good grade. This essay will not only help my writing skills but will be a huge benefit to my future as well. This rough draft is full of information about me, my opinions, and my future. I feel that I can write more efficiently when I am passionate about what I am writing in comparison to writing an informational essay. On the other hand, I feel I do not have great writing skills so I need to work on it to make my essay more...me. What I mean by this is that it must sound original and not a piece of paper that anyone could write. I feel that if I take the time to make these improvements, I will have essays that will stand out in order to obtain scholarships.
I decided to write multiple scholarship essays instead of writing a compare and contrast essay. I believe having the opportunity to receive money and get a grade for it is too good to turn down. In my essay, I have already chosen multiple questions to write about. The first question is "What is the most difficult challenge you have ever faced? How did you handle it?" I am discussing this year when I became Battery Captain for the drumline and how it has been a challenge to separate myself from my peers. The most challenging factor is trying to pose myself as a leader instead of a friend. The next question I chose was music-related again. It is "In the space provided below, complete a 500-word essay or less describing what you have gained through your involvement in music and how you will use that in your future." I chose to write about how I got involved in music and how it became my true passion. I also gave examples of the relationships I have made through the years with marching band and many other musical activities. I also extrapolated the lessons I have learned from band and explained how this activity will help me far into the future. There are still many more essays I will need to write but I believe I am off to a good start.
At first, I was going to write the scholarship essays, but after looking through the other options I decided to go with the picture essays. My partner is Alexis B and we are comparing and contrasting introverts and extroverts. I think this is a good topic for us because we can relate to the topic. I feel it has been easy to come up with sentences because the two topics are so different, so they are easy to contrast. It is a little bit more difficult to compare them, but I think we have been doing a good job. The hardest part in my opinion for this essay will be finding and creating pictures for the slides. They are easy to explain on paper, but a bit more challenging to put into view. We still have a lot of work to do on our picture essay, but I think we have a good start. I feel this will be an interesting essay and we are going in a good direction.
Instead of doing the compare/contrast essay, I opted to write a few scholarship prompts. Finding scholarships that are applicable to me and are readily available is seeming to be a slight challenge. With the sheer amount of scholarships that are offered, getting a bit overwhelmed is somewhat unavoidable. Using websites that are dedicated to searching for scholarships based on the information you give to them has been a saving grace. Deciding on which scholarship prompt to actually expand upon is proving to be the worst part of the process. The search for opportunities continues, with some slight diamonds in the rough being found here and there. Writing about topics that are actually intriguing and personal to you proves to be much easier, so those types of essays are what I'm looking for. If all else fails, writing college application essays is a definite fallback option. Either option I end up picking, I will continue to be productive in my college escapade.
I have chosen to write scholarship essays instead of the compare and contrast essay. I have decided to do so because I believe this will benefit me the most. I have not found a specific scholarship to write for, but instead, I am picking a few prompts to create my essays on to hopefully better my skills at writing these types of essays! My first prompt is "How have you been molded?" I believe this is a great topic for me to expand on because I have changed immensely as a person throughout my high school years. In the essay, I explain my story and growth because of high school soccer. I love this essay because I get to express something about me I haven't talked about much. That prompt is the main one I have been working on in my rough draft. I might also pick some more prompts, which may include "Choose a person you admire and explain why," and/or "What do you love?" Overall, my rough draft is very rough, but I am making progress.
My essay is about the drastic difference in the success of two Wisconsin sports teams: the Packers and the Brewers. The best part about my essay is I can talk about the Packers and Brewers all day, every day, 24/7, 365 days a year. It might be a little unhealthy how much useless knowledge I have about the teams but I am not complaining. Baseball is pretty much the only sport in which Wisconsin fans have experienced losing in the past two decades and I find it fun to dive in a see what went wrong. I love talking about things I am interested in and this essay gives me a great chance to do that. The worst part of my essay is that comparing two different sports is kind of challenging, especially with my approach. I am going into how the Packers have had so much success throughout their tenure compared to the Brewers and how the way they set up there team has made them more at risk for losing. The way to build a good football team and a good baseball team a sort of similar but also very different at the same time. It is tough but I know if I get rolling I can make it good.
The scholarship essay I am currently working on is for AES Engineering. The prompt is “When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?” I am currently at about 500 words and I am trying to get to 1000. The best thing about my essay is how personal and real I get to be. I share personal stories which I believe showcases more about my personality than the basic information I provide. The hardest part of my essay was deciding what would be the most important things to lead to a successful life. I still honestly don’t know if I answered correctly. I also am finding it hard to come up with a good conclusion to my essay. I think I need to find the right balance of formal writing while still making it sound like myself.
I am currently writing an essay about the difference between hunting with a rifle and hunting with a bow. I love hunting so i thought I would choose this topic because I know so much about it. The best thing about my current essay right now is that I am very familiar with the topic and know a lot about the topic. I have done many of the hunting techniques myself so I can give my opinion on each and what is successful and what can be forgotten about. The worst part about my essay right now is that I don't know exactly how to put what I am thinking into words that my reader can understand. To a reader who has not been hunting at all or very little, they may not understand what I am trying to say. If I can break it down enough then I can use my essay was a way to educate people about the difference between bow hunting and rifle hunting.
I choose to write scholarship essays. The best thing about my essays is the real-life examples I am putting in. This gives more life to my essay and puts the people who read it in a more relatable situation. Think about it. What is one thing a teacher has done that has left a lasting impact on your life? I bet you can think of more than one. One example that I experienced and another that my mom experienced. Putting in my mom's experience capures what I want to do with my life. Leave a lasting impact on my students. Something that they can take with them, learn from, and apply to their everyday lives. I feel as though I am struggling to do the stories justice though. It is like taking the perfect photo, hard to do. Another thing I am struggling with is organization. I feel as though I jump straight from one thought to the next without a good transition. That, jumping from one thought to another, makes it hard to create a cohesive piece that reads smoothly.
I chose to write scholarship essays. My prompt is "texting and driving", I think the best thing about it is that I am putting real examples from my life that involve texting and driving. It is something that everyone needs to be aware of nowadays because teens are really bad at putting the phone down and so it is easy for me to write about because I relate to it a lot. I think one of the hard things is that I text and drive and me writing about how bad it is, I need to realize that I could be putting people's lives in danger when I text and drive and I don't even realize it, I need to take what I am writing about and put it into real perspective. I think another thing that is hard is that you need a specific number of words in these essays instead of pages and so sometimes you exceed the limit of words, but you can't because there is a limit for a reason. I still have to write about another prompt because I finished my first one, so I will probably write about 2-3 prompts for my scholarship essay. I think the best thing about writing these essays is that you can learn from them while writing, you should know about everything being written down and should have a good idea of your points being written but you can learn while writing and I think that is a positive.
I chose to write scholarship essays rather than to write a compare and contrast essay. Although the compare and contrast essay would be easier to accomplish, I chose to write scholarship essays. This is because I need to write them some time, so why not do it now and check two things off my to-do list. I feel as though these essays will be easy to accomplish because you are able to choose what scholarship essay questions you want to answer. If you do not apply to the scholarship or simply do not like the question, do not answer it/write about it. I currently have about three pages completed. These short but meaningful essays are somewhat fun to write because some of the different topics you are asked to write about are out of the ordinary. So far I have had no difficulty writing these essays and I think that I will be able to complete the minimum of five pages, if not more.
I have decided to write about the similarities and differences between PlayStation and Xbox. The best thing about my rough draft, in my opinion, would be that I have a good and sound understanding of both the systems and have done my best to keep everything even and fair when describing them both. This comes from the fact that I have had the PlayStation for several years and the Xbox around the same time and grew up with both of the consoles and liked them both and what both bring to the table in terms of games and compatibility. The weakest point in my rough draft would be that I don’t think that I have a good and catching introduction. To fix this problem I think that I should spend more time thinking about clever and caching ideas to try and reel people in to read my comparison and contrast paper.
I decided to write scholarship essays rather than a comparison/contrast essay. I believe that writing scholarship essays will be very beneficial for my future. Another reason I chose to write scholarship essays is that it will help pay for some of the college I decide to attend. If I am awarded any scholarship money, it will make it, so I do not have as much tuition to pay when I go to college. These essays should be easy to complete because I can choose which I want to apply for. Also, scholarship essays give a prompt most of the time, and that makes it much easier to write because I have a specific topic and goal to obtain. I have had no problem writing these scholarship essays because the prompts are clear. I have enjoyed writing these scholarship essays, and I definitely will be able to complete the minimum of five pages needed for this assignment.
I chose to write a few scholarship essays. So far I have two done and one in progress. The first one is about how my personality and my band instrument are similar and the second is about how music has impacted my life and how I will use it in the future. I think the hardest part was trying to use the right language. I didn't want to sound like I plagiarized the essays but also didn't want to sound too casual. I think I found a happy medium, though. The easiest thing about writing them was the length. I didn't have to stretch them out to get them to the required amount of words so I think the essays sound natural and flow well. However, when I was jumping between different personality traits in the instrument essay, I think it sounded a little choppy. Overall, I think they are going well, I just need a few more essay prompts and I'll be good.
I chose the comparison and contrasting essay, and I have had a hard time with it. The last essay gave me the problem of not being very passionate about the topic I chose. This essay is giving me the absolute opposite of that problem. This essay is presenting the problem of me being too interested in the topics I chose to compare and contrast. My essay originally compared the thought processes behind subjectivity and objectivity, but researching these has been difficult, as I had a different understanding of what those words meant. I now have to change a lot about my essay, and it is extremely irritating. I deleted almost two pages and am now working on renaming the essay and restructuring it. I looked up subjectivity and objectivity and wrote about those, but they were not what I originally wanted to write about. In order to avoid the mistake I made with the last essay, I chose to pull it apart and rethink what I wanted to compare. I finally found my topics and my title. Follow Your Heart or Follow Your Mind: A Juxtaposition of Unconscious Intuition and Conscious Intellect Used in Decision Making. I find that to be a good title, and it actually reflects what I want to write about.
For my essay, I decided to write scholarship essays to hopefully help me save some money in the future. The one I am currently working is the Unified Caring Association Scholarship and the prompt is “If you could change one thing in the world to make it a more caring place, what would you change?” I am also going to have to write a couple of other essays to get the 1750 word requirement for the final essay. The other ones I will be doing is the Southeast Area Principals Scholarship and the prompt for that essay is to Discuss my future plans (school/career) and how my education prepared you for my next step in life. I think that these essays should get me to the 900 words for the rough draft. I will have to find another one to write once I finish these ones to meet the requirement. The essays are going pretty well for me because I find these topics easy to write about but I will have to work hard to get it done.
I am writing a scholarship essay about when Hyvee made a difference in my life. I like my essay because it is not a typical answer. One would expect a time when I worked hard and got rewards, or when a customer shared a story and it made me view life differently. My essay is about a bad time and how is negatively affected my life. I then explain what I have learned from this experience. The one thing that I do not like, is that the experience I am writing about is still occurring. I am still dealing with the negative effects that I am writing about. It is hard to write a conclusion for something I have not seen through yet. However, since the topic is a unique answer to the question, I have to wait. The nice thing is that the essay for this scholarship is not due until January. I also like this essay because I do not have to think hard about what I am writing. I am writing about something that I am familiar with and that I know how to explain. It is not stressful (except for fitting the word count) and I overall enjoy writing it.
The essay I chose was the compare and contrast essay and I am having mixed opinions on it, some good while others bad. The subject I picked was Mom vs Dad. I feel that the topic is a strong topic to write about and can go many different routes with the essay. Some of my better points were that I think I did well on was transitioning clearly throughout the essay. Another thing I thought was strong was my introduction paragraph. The introduction seems to catch my eye and makes the topic more interesting after reading the first bit. Although there are definitely things I could improve on. Reading through my essay the sentence structures could be spiced up a little and differ from one another to create a more intriguing essay to read. Having a broader vocabulary could also improve my essay by making it sound more sophisticated. These are just a couple things, while there is a lot more to improve and build on throughout the year typing essays.
For my essay, I am comparing the differences between horror and thriller movies. To me, and many other people around the world, there is a distinct difference between these two. But not everyone has this same understanding. I am trying to make it easier and more defined on how to tell these genres apart and decide which one you like more. I really appreciate how my words are all flowing together. I normally do not write like this but for some reason this time I am. My sentences all flow and sound good together. Another thing I like about my essay is how I am describing the difference between these genres. I am using nice descriptive words and examples from the real world. I think that these two components come together to really paint a picture for the people reading my essay. I also do not like a few things about how I am writing. I notice that I am rambling around and repeating the same points a couple of times. I need to find more points to make sure that my essay stays interesting throughout the whole thing. I am sure I have a lot more to work on, but I am just focusing on these for now.
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My essay is about two different types of pitchers. It talks about why the two main pitchers are pitchers that throw hard and pitchers that focus on offspeed pitches that move. The best thing about it so far is that I believe I will be able to get the minimum requirement of pages easily for this essay. I can talk a whole lot about pitching and have no trouble coming up with talking points. The worst part about it is that there are not too many people interested in baseball. It does not matter when it comes to the grade, however. As long as the essay is interesting to Mr. Christensen then I will be fine. I like talking about baseball; postseason baseball starts tomorrow and it motivates me to write more about my essay. All around, I believe my essay will turn out good because it is something I am enjoying writing about.
I will be writing my essay on a scholarship with a prompt asking "If you could change one thing in the world to make it more of a caring place what would you change." I think the hardest thing to do is choose just one thing to change because there are so many negative aspects of our world we need to change. Our world has centered itself around social media and what other people think of them as a person based on their outside appearance. The best thing about writing this essay would just be the whole idea of making the world a better place for everyone. I think with each generation our society has become more and more self-centered and less about our world and what we can give back to it. I also love the idea that I can use this essay for my actual scholarship to help me further my education in college. Overall I am enjoying writing this essay.
I will be writing my essay on a scholarship with a prompt asking "If you could change one thing in the world to make it more of a caring place what would you change." I think the hardest thing to do is choose just one thing to change because there are so many negative aspects of our world we need to change. Our world has centered itself around social media and what other people think of them as a person based on their outside appearance. The best thing about writing this essay would just be the whole idea of making the world a better place for everyone. I think with each generation our society has become more and more self-centered and less about our world and what we can give back to it. I also love the idea that I can use this essay for my actual scholarship to help me further my education in college. Overall I am enjoying writing this essay.
I am writing a scholarship essay and my biggest obstacle is making the word count without sounding redundant. The question I am trying to answer is "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?". This question is not easy for me because I am a simple person who does not crave a lot of things. I am happy as long as I have a house that I built and is filled with memories and photos of my life. I want to look back in my life and be proud that I stood up to every obstacle. I want to fight with determination and vigor. I want to back life into a corner instead of the inverse. My word count goal is 500-1000 words. Currently, my word count is 168. I am a simple person with simple goals. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to shelter animals and I want to help kids who are in bad situations. I want to give advice to people who need it. I am happy with a life where I am constantly being able to learn. Money is not the main source of happiness for me. My main source of happiness comes from accomplishments. The best thing about my essay is it's an easy question, however, it's hard for me to accomplish the word count.
I am doing the scholarship version of the essay. I have researched some different types of scholarships that would relate to me and where I want to go. For example, I am going to do the Rawlins Scholarship for incoming freshmen at USD. Also, the AFC Visionary Scholarship because the topic is easier to write about; why is college important to me. I will easily get the requirement of 900 words by Friday. Some topics are easier for me to talk about in my essays; like my volunteering and academics. But it is not easy to discuss my leadership skills; which is usually another common essay topic. I am more of a team player so saying I am a leader is somewhat lying. I have to think of potential activities I have done to be seen as a leader. Besides that, I believe doing this will be very beneficial to me by getting the chance to save money. Besides the 1750 words needed for this essay, I will be doing more scholarship essays beyond this after the essay is due. This gives me a chance to be more prepared and lower the stress I have with college applications, deciding where to go, and what to do.
I decided to write the scholarship essay. To reach my total of 1750+ words, I have picked four that stand out to me over the rest. Since two of the scholarships pertain to the subjects of community service and volunteerism, I will have no trouble reaching the 900-word limit that is due Friday. When searching for scholarships, I wanted to find one (in this case, a few) that reflected my character, personality, and aspirations as I move towards adulthood. Community service and volunteering throughout the year is a topic I will easily be able to write about. Being an active member in my 4-H club has provided me with many community service projects throughout the year ranging from Christmas Caroling, Blessing Bags, Bones and Blankets for the Humane Society, and more. To not write about serving others would be silly! While these two scholarships of serving are on the easier side, the hardest one to write will be the talent/background/interest that makes me unique and a promising student at any college. While students have many talents, I would like to mention one that separates me from the majority. Being able to find an interest/talent and such that establishes me truly different is going to be the most challenging aspect of this scholarship. Elaborating on my given talent or interest will also make it difficult to explain just how I livestock judge, participate in marching band competitions, or consumer judge products. Whatever challenge these scholarships will present me with, I know the practice of writing will better prepare me for deeper thinking essays, or scholarships I am eager to receive.
What is going best about my current rough draft is getting to write scholarships for a grade. Getting to work on something that will benefit me for multiple reasons. My first scholarship prompt is “Why I am Choosing Nursing as My Profession”. I think the hardest thing about writing this prompt is really thinking deep down on “why” you want to be a nurse. It’s easy to say that you want to pursue it and actually doing it putting reasoning behind it takes more thinking. Another hard thing about writing this prompt is the limited experience I have had in the medical field to actually say that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I want nursing to be my profession because of my role model in the professional field. She is passionate about her job and I want to strive to be like her. In the end, I am following my dreams about being a nurse and trying to compose scholarship essays that reflect it.
I am writing scholarships for the essay. I think that the hardest thing about completing this task is simply finding the right scholarships to write about. Obviously, there is no such thing as a perfect scholarship for someone. However, I have found that there are scholarships that are more fitting for me and easier for me to write about. I would much rather write an essay about something that I am knowledgable or passionate about rather than something I am indifferent towards. The quality of the essay would be much higher and would give me a better chance at winning. Other than that, I have found a few topics so far that I could actually write some quality words about. I wrote about 175 words on the reasons why I enjoy Brandon Valley High School. That was pretty easy because I have had a great experience here. I wrote another 100 words on what I have learned about money, and I have learned a lot. I found a great topic to write about—safeties of driving. This was also fairly simple to complete because I found I was pretty knowledgable about the topic. I have looked at a few more scholarship opportunities and I have a few in mind. I just need to find the right ones.
The best part about my current rough draft is that I know what I am talking about. My compare and contrast is about the banjo and guitar. These are two instruments that I am very familiar with and I play often. The good part about my essay is that since I know a lot about these two instruments, I can go on for paragraphs talking about them and all the knowledge I know about them. I know about all the different styles you can play them, how to play them, how to maintain them, all the different terms used when playing, and all the different little components about each instrument. The one bad part about my current rough draft is that I didn’t know the history of each instrument. Because of this, I had to look it up and summarize all the main points in the history that would be applicable to my essay without losing the reader’s interest. Overall, my essay is going very well and I think I will have more than enough information about my topic and I might consider making a video presentation along with it.
I am doing the scholarship essays for college. The essay I am working on right now is the Horatio Alger Association essay. It will be difficult for me because I have to write about my life. Throughout the application, I had to give a lot of personal information and details about how I grew up. The requirement for this essay is that I have to pick a specific person or role model from a list of people they give me and explain how I grew up and what I have done in relation to the things the person I pick has done. That will be difficult because I don't like to compare my life to other people's lives. The only thing making it easier is that I like to write and I have a lot to write about. I just do not like the fact that I have to research someone and compare things from my life to things in their life.
For this essay, I have chosen to participate in writing for college scholarships. What I have found to be going the best for me is that the large majority of these essay prompts are either incredibly creative or casually simple. With this, I feel that I can express myself more through my own writing style, rather than focusing on reaching requirements or adapting a certain orientation to match the mood of an essay. Many of the prompts pertain to you and your aspirations, and it is always much easier to go into detail about your goals than a prompt that perhaps has little meaning to you. What has been the most difficult in writing for scholarships, however, is finding scholarships to write for! In my experience thus far, tons of the scholarships won't open applications until November or mid-December, and so there is no way to access their writing prompts. Another annoyance that I have found is that you are required to create accounts with all of these scholarships, which is very time-consuming.
If you want to be technical, I am not writing the essay so it is not a rough draft:) I chose to write for some college scholarships because everyone could use a little help when it comes to paying for college. I overall find it the most difficult to think of enough material to write 1000 plus words about one single question; sometimes even 400 plus words if the question is simple enough. I enjoy writing, although, so even though it is hard to think of material sometimes, once I do, it feels really nice to be able to type it down on my doc. An easy thing about writing scholarships over the essay is that there are a lot of scholarships out there in the world for me to write about, but there is only one essay and in that essay you can only compare two things. So yes, overall I just believe that the scholarships are easier to do because they are for an important purpose and there is plenty of them floating out there on the internet.
I have forgone the decision to write the compare and contrast essay, but to instead write a couple of scholarship essays. In the beginning, it was a struggle because I couldn't find essays that I wanted to write. In order to write a better essay, it should be a topic that you are excited to write about. I started by looking at the ones the councelers had listed but decided to do some searching on my own. After doing some digging I had found my topics; the first being about how cell phones have changed people, and the other about how if all the world's problems are solved is optimism still necessary. Both of these topics I feel passionate about writing them. The worst part is trying to expand my ideas. I have basic points as the structure of my first essay, but I need to elaborate on those points to make the thoughts clear and comprehensible.
My Compare-Contrast essay is off to a slow start. Through writing numerous essays in school for years, I have learned that I tend to struggle with introductions, titles, thinking of topics, and starting my essays in general; the Compare-Contrast essay is not an exception. Similar to those previous essays I have written, I struggled to think of a topic for this essay for some time before finally deciding on one. After deciding the topic, I instantly started to think of potential things I may include and how I would compare them. At this point, I know nearly everything I am going to write; however, I still heavily struggle with starting it. I am very indecisive with titles and because I consider the introduction to be very important, I often overthink it and spend too much time on it. I have not started any body paragraphs yet; however, past essays have shown me that when I finish my intro and blend it into my first body paragraph, I am able to fly through the main portion of my essay. Body paragraphs are certainly my biggest strength. Conclusions also usually come easy to me because I can use the foundation of the introduction that I spent so much time on to help me wrap up the essay and return to the original point. Although it is a frustratingly slow beginning, I am not too concerned about anything in the Compare-Contrast essay.
I am currently suffering from a severe case of writer's block. I can not think of anything that would be worth putting into my essay. I am coming up with and listing ideas that I want to work into my essay but I can not figure out how to actually put them into sentences that flow with the rest of my writing. Most of the draft that I have completed so far is going to need heavy revision to the point that I might need to start over completely. This is going to be a very rough draft. I think that I just need to start writing whatever comes to mind without worrying about transitions. Once I start to get more ideas onto the page it will be easier to go back and revise it. If I can just get my writing rhythm down, finishing my essay will be a cinch.
The topics upon which I am writing vary greatly. I am composing multiple scholarship and application essays. Admitting this is not my favorite thing, but there does not seem to be much to comment upon at the moment. There are brief ideas for all the prompts and I am excited to expand on each of them. Finding the prompt for a college application was exciting and getting a start on that is great for me in the long run. I feel as though my words will be much more effective and thought out for this essay rather than other prompts that I might not relate to nor care as much about. There is much more enjoyment in writing these essays than other essays that I have written. Like I mentioned earlier, the worst thing about my rough draft is that I am not very far along. I struggled to find the time and decide what I was going to write about. Now that I have cleared up all questions, I feel confident to compose quickly, effectively, and make up the lost time from my rough start!
I am doing the scholarship essays for college. The essay I am working on right now is the Horatio Alger Association essay. It will be difficult for me because I have to write about my life. Throughout the application, I had to give a lot of personal information and details about how I grew up. The requirement for this essay is that I have to pick a specific person or role model from a list of people they give me and explain how I grew up and what I have done in relation to the things the person I pick has done. That will be difficult because I don't like to compare my life to other people's lives. The only thing making it easier is that I like to write and I have a lot to write about. I just do not like the fact that I have to research someone and compare things from my life to things in their life.
Writing this Compare-Contrast essay so far has been going well. Though I only have one page done, I feel accomplished. In my essay, I am comparing Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Writing an essay that I know a myriad of information on the topic really helps. Football is, arguably, the topic I know the most. Comparing these two has been a great challenge. It brings in new thoughts and ideas that one is open to discussing. The content of the essay is greatly known by me, which overall boosts my confidence in writing essays. I am much more aware and knowledgeable when it comes to writing essays like these. Football is a topic that I love, and I will extract all the knowledge I can of the game and implement it into the essay. While there have been many highlights so far, there have been downfalls as well. My biggest challenge is what topics to discuss because there are so many. Narrowing it down to three will be a challenge for me. I believe my slow start has also contributed to the struggles I have had. I hate slow starts, but I do not like to procrastinate. I expected more than one page to be done currently, but it is a challenge I am willing to endure.
I decided to write scholarship essays rather than compare and contrast essay. One of the essays I chose to write is called the AES Engineering scholarship. The topic of the essay is "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?" The hard thing for me is trying not to "blend in" but instead stand out and leave an impact while I write this essay. I don't want to sound like everyone else and I don't want to repeat the same words over and over again. Another hard thing while trying to write this essay is that it is hard to put your thoughts in your head to make sense and sound coherent on the paper. A good thing about this is that I know what I want to write and how I can try to sound unique and different while getting my point across.
For my essay, I am writing essays for college scholarship. My current rough draft doesn't have very much written on it because it took me a while to find the different scholarship essays. The best part about my current rough draft is that I found some different essays to write about. I found these scholarship essays based on what related to me and how I fit into the criteria. I also picked the topics that I could write energetically about to give myself the best chance to win. I will now begin to start typing my rough draft the best that I can. This is good because I haven't started yet and now I can get to typing. The worst part about my rough is that I haven't got very far yet. It took me a while to find the scholarship essays that I could write about. Because it took me a while to find these scholarship essays, I don't have very much done. I need to get this done by Friday so I will have to work hard to get the 900 words done. The essay is going well for me, but I will have to work hard to get it done.
Throughout my process of making my current rough draft, I have had the chance to observe the good and the bad parts about it. The essay type that I chose was the scholarship essays—specifically an essay detailing what it would take to consider my life successful 30 years down the road. Writing an essay to get money, seems like a much smarter choice which is the main reason I am spending my time hoping to get something in return. Currently, the best parts of my essay are coming from my attempts to keep my essay proud, while still getting the point across without seeming boastful. One thing I have found to be somewhat difficult is the task of appearing original; however, working on being creative in my writing has helped with that. To appeal the most to scholarship readers, I try and use more exotic words—not too crazy, but enough to display a higher intellect—making my writing seem much more complex, giving me a better chance of receiving scholarships. Another essay that I have already finished and turned, had a topic on improving upon weaknesses. This essay was a very interesting and enjoyable essay to write because I try and incorporate the idea of improvement every single day. Overall, better parts of my essays come from having the confidence, and the skill to effectively portray your thoughts; however, the worse parts of writing these essays come from the task of catching the eye of the reader.
Instead of writing the comparison-contrast essay I have chosen to write scholarship essays. Starting the scholarship essay was quite hard. I looked on the counselor's website for scholarship essays but couldn't find any because most of them had requirements that did not apply to me. I then contemplated writing the comparison-contrast essay and comparing North Dakota and South Dakota, but then opted out of that idea and went back to looking for scholarship essays. I then found a couple of scholarship questions that I felt I could passionately write on, one being “Describe a meaningful volunteer experience.” The good thing about writing scholarship essays is you get to pick and choose what questions you want to answer. This makes it much easier to get a full five pages for the essay requirement. Currently, I have about two and a half pages done and think I will finish this essay easily.
I have decided to take advantage of writing scholarship essays instead of the comparison essay. I believe that there is not really a worst part to the rough draft so far, I think the hardest thing that I have had to do so far is to find scholarships that I am interested in, are not a lot of registration work and are worth my time to type out. Any benefits that I can receive from college will be helpful but I would prefer to write essays that are worth a little more and are something that I am interested in. So far I have found a scholarship that is offered by Poet, it is about a time that you have struggled in your life, and about being never satisfied in how the world can be better. I think the easiest thing will be responding to the questions because they are personable and something I will enjoy writing about.
For this essay, I chose to go with two different scholarship essays. For the first one, the essay topic is describing a time that I challenged a belief and how I overcame these struggles. This essay is going very well for me currently. The topic strikes interest in myself by the idea of facing disbeliefs in my life and conquering these; to prove that my own beliefs matter is my objective. For the errors in my first essay, I am struggling with what to add to the essay. The prompt has many items that I can include; however, the ideas flowing from my brain are not what I really pictured for this essay. For my second scholarship essay prompt, I am still looking for the perfect concept. This is one of the struggles I face with this essay. Overall, the scholarship essay project is a great idea, with wonderful opportunities to send in these composed essays into colleges and universities for the possibility of scholarship money.
I chose to write scholarship essays rather than the comparison essay because I have been wanting to fill out scholarships and this holds me accountable so I will actually do them. I have found one scholarship essay that can be 500-1000 words and it asks what it will take for me to consider myself successful in 30 years. I enjoy and find it very easy to write about this topic because there is no research involved and there is no right or wrong answer. What I am struggling with is finding other scholarship essays that I want to write about to get to 1750 words. I am also beginning to struggle with deciding what information is relevant and what information is not relevant; as well as struggling to find a good blend between personal accomplishments that I hope to achieve but also not be self-centered and show how I want to impact more than just myself with what I do.
My decision to choose the scholarship version of the essay seems to be a great one. Since colleges are typically wanted to know about the students that would be potentially enrolling at their school, they ask some very in-depth questions. Colleges are also more likely to ask you tough questions when they are offering you compensation in the form of a scholarship. The questions provided on the Scholarship Essay Topics google document were a great base point to jump off of. They allowed me to choose questions that are introspective in my own life that I am interested in answering. I would say that my essay is going pretty good—I know that I’m biased— but I am more grateful that the words I compose are coming straight from my heart into questions I feel passionate about. On the other hand, I would say that my essay is rather short currently and I need to work more on it. I am also finding it rather hard to write something that is new and interesting to me. I believe that my diction style is quite dull and hard to read and or find enjoyment in.
I decided to write a comparison-contrast essay. There were a few ideas I had in mind about it, but I just decided to roll with the one I could write the most about. I think choosing my topic was pretty difficult. There are a lot of options I could think of, but I did something that I had already experienced. I have been able to find many differences and similarities between my topic. My topic is also something I think about quite often, so it has been relatively fresh in my mind for some time. This helps me write a lot without difficulty. The most challenging part of writing my essay so far is trying to balance out how many differences and similarities I am using. I am noticing that the contrasting points are significantly greater than my comparison points. I am going to have to figure out a way to balance them out. I considered changing my topic, but I still think I can make it work.
The type of paper I chose to write was the scholarship essay option. I had previously glanced at the different scholarship opportunities but had not decided which ones I was going to apply for. After starting to write some scholarship essays, I have chosen all of the different options I plan to do. I would say that the worst part of my essay so far is actually deciding which ones I will add to my final essay. Another thing that I am struggling with at times is to write completely about the topic given, but I do not want to seem repetitive. I really want to answer the question to its fullest potential but with the limited amount of words and length each portion of my essay can be, it has become a challenge. I would say that the best part of my essay is that most of the questions I am asked to answer are personal so there is really no wrong answer. I can express myself and my feelings throughout the question to really show what I have to offer.
I decided to write scholarship essays for my essay option. I think this will benefit me tremendously for the future when I have to start turning scholarships in and help me not procrastinate something so important. I have struggled with finding the right scholarships that work for me and what I want to do in the future. Also, a lot of the essays have a word limit around 500 so I will have to write about 5 different topics which might get challenging. I have been successful though, once I find the write essay I realized it does not take a long time to think of what point you want to get across and how to achieve it. The essay topics are not difficult to write and it gives you a great opportunity to express yourself and your thoughts. I think this scholarship writing is a great opportunity for me to be held accountable and to start making decisions for my future and not get behind on deadlines.
With this third essay assignment, I chose to do the scholarship option and respond to five total questions and interview answers. Right away I was struggling with what to write about and I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to approach each answer. I was trying to look at the college I wanted to go to and what scholarships they offer to write about before I realized I could make it much simpler. Now that I have my topics chosen I find it much easier to think of the best words to put into the answers. I can tell already with this class my vocabulary has expanded and I try to write in new ways that I have learned. Currently I am behind where I would have liked to be with how much of the essays I have done; with time in class and at home, I think I will have a well written final product.
My compare and contrast essay is about Micheal Jordan and Lebron James and who is the GOAT. this is a debate that has been going on for some time now and there is plenty of information out there. The thing that is best if finding information to put in my essay and that I should have no problem reaching my page limit because of the fact that there are so many different things that go into this debate. But that is also what is going the worst. There is so much information about this topic that it is almost overwhelming and it is hard to decide who is better because there are so many different ways of looking at it and so many stats and info to compare. Also, so many people who talk about this topic have a bias due to many different reasons and already have an opinion shaped before reading so it will be hard to change their minds.
Instead of writing the comparison essay, I picked to write scholarship essays. There are a couple of things that have been troubling me during this process. The first one is finding a good scholarship to apply for. I did find a few good ones, and the major one that is in my rough draft is my UNL statement. I also find starting the scholarship statements difficult. I never feel like I can just jump right into a topic, so I try to think of a clever beginning. Trying to do this takes time for me because I do not want to be original, and I want to catch the reader's eyes. Once I did find out how to start it and I envisioned how I want my statement to go, then it is smooth sailing from there. I think that the easiest part of completing my essay is the word count. The UNL statement question asked what shaped me into the person I am today. This is a fairly broad topic that allows me to be creative when writing. I find it easier to write about topics that interest me because I can easily break them up and add more information about it. I am excited to continue writing these scholarship essays because this assignment could possibly help with expenses in the near future.
For my essay, the first prompt I found was for the National Association of University Women Scholarship. This prompt asks the writer to describe their experience volunteering, how it has changed their perspective, and how it has influenced their career choice. So far, the worst part of writing this rough draft is that it is difficult to start. Sometimes I find myself with thousands of ideas for certain sentences within the essay but have no idea how to introduce them or connect them. Although this part is difficult, I believe that with time and effort I will be able to finally get everything formed. The best part of this essay is being able to talk about my volunteer experience. I like to volunteer with my dad, so it is fun to be able to write about those experiences and possibly inspire other people to do similar things. While formulating the perfect essay that gets your message across clearly is difficult, I can't wait to see what this essay turns into.
I chose to write a scholarship essay and plan to answer multiple scholarship questions. The first question I answered was who influenced me the most during my time in high school. The best thing about going for me right now about scholarship essay questions is that I know what I'm going to write about; I have a good idea and a good plan of what my answer is going to be and how to explain my answer. I found it easier to place our recent vocabs words and use our final exam terms in my essay to help make my essay sound more sophisticated and interesting to read. One thing I have found challenging is having to think really hard about my answers. The essay questions used for scholarships tend to be very in-depth and have to think very hard about. I like to think this as a motivating challenge and I believe it will overall help my writing skills.
I opted to not write the Compare and Contrast essay but to take the chance to write scholarship essays instead. I will say quick that one of the best aspects is how I can write scholarship essays for a grade in the class. It gives me another reason to write them, and even if I don't write anymore in the future, I have these that can be used. This may sound weird, but the best part about my essay right now is just how I feel about it. I don't want this to sound bad, but scholarship essays provide a great chance for you to essentially brag about yourself to schools and organizations and say, "Hey, here's why I deserve the scholarship." For example, the first scholarship essay that I elected to write was the one for the Fine Arts Booster Club, and it is bringing up so many happy memories and experiences, that I can insert into my essay as examples. Honestly, the worst part for me is finding the scholarship essays to write because most of them are closed. Another bad thing is how much I am overthinking writing these. Because they are scholarship essays, I want them to be the best they can be. I want to not just apply for the scholarships, but I want to win. That fact makes me very critical of what I am writing.
I made the decision to write the Compare and Contrast essay. I chose to write this instead of the scholarship because I felt more motivated to do so. When you said that we could compare and contrast two things the gears in my head started turning for ideas I could do. The hardest thing so far about writing this essay is deciding which idea to go with. I had to narrow it from ten ideas to one great idea. In the end, I came down to books v.s. movies. I picked this because I know I can write pages about how different books and movies are. I also have a lot of knowledge about these two topics. I started writing my rough draft on Monday and I already have three pages. I say actually writing it is probably the easiest part right now. I know editing, rereading, and improving it will be one of the toughest parts. I also need to check and work on my grammar. Then I need to add in the ten-terms and make sure I have my five sentences. This will also be a struggle to do. Other than that I feel very confident about my essay.
I decided to write several scholarship essays instead of a comparison essay. I think having this option as a substitute for a regular essay is very beneficial and can help us get ahead on the college application process. For me, the most difficult part of the scholarship essay is finding ones that I like and getting them started. One of the scholarships I recently started was the AES Scholarship and the question to answer is, "When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?" The question in itself is not difficult to elaborate on; the start is just challenging for me. Once I found a start to answering the essay question, it was easy from there. I think I will easily be able to get the required amount of words for the deadline on Friday. Writing a scholarships essay for an assignment is a great way to start looking more into what I have in store for my future.
I have chosen to do the compare and contrast essay and the two topics that I chose were the National Football League and College football. I choose those two topics because I would consider myself to be quite involved in them and I know a lot on the subject. So far things are going pretty well because I know what I am going to write about in my head. But, the only issue is that I am not quite sure how I want to put it into my essay and I am not sure where I want to put it. I am also having a hard time coming up with a fluent introduction, but I think that I will just come back to that. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pursue this essay and change to writing a few scholarship essays. I think as time goes on I the words will come easier and I will be able to write the essay with ease.
I am choosing to write scholarship essays. I currently am working on one. I think that my word usage and my sentence structure is good. I feel confident in the answer in my head, but I do not feel confident about the answer in my essay. I am having a hard time writing what I am thinking. Many of the ideas I am being asked to explain ideas that are common sense or learned behavior; they are hard to elaborate on. I also feel that the format I am using does not completely answer the question, or it is unclear that I am answering the question. I have many doubts and I feel like the essay will be confusing to others but I can understand it. Overall, I am stressing out about it. I know there are some good qualities in my essay. I need to take a deep breath and stay calm.
The essay option that I chose was the scholarship essay. So far I have over 600 words typed and only need 300 more by Friday. I have found that writing a scholarship essay about something personal and important to me is a lot easier than writing about something I am not passionate about. I find it really easy for me to write essays about my future career since nursing is something that I am very enthusiastic about. I am struggling with finding scholarships that require essays that would apply to me. Most of the scholarships that I am finding are for students planning to stay in South Dakota. I plan to attend college in a different state in the midwest but would still like to apply for scholarships. One thing that I have found helpful is the colleges' websites. The University of Nebraska Lincoln has a five hundred word scholarship statement that I can use to get multiple scholarships at once.
I am quite excited to complete this essay. I chose to do the Compare and Contrast by doing a photo essay. I am also doing it with a partner and my partner and I work well together. We are going to compare and contrast dance and basketball. I like to write when I get to write about topics I am interested in or passionate about. This essay will be fun because I get to take pictures and be creative with it. The worst thing about this essay so far is the fact that I haven't started it. However, my partner and I can work hard and have our rough draft ready by Friday. This essay will be perfect for me because I enjoy taking pictures and getting to create google slide presentations. I don't mind writing but this photo essay has a perfect mix of different things for me to do. Most people don't think dance and basketball have any similarities but after my essay they will understand that there are actually quite a lot.
I chose to pursue this essay about comparing and contrasting college and professional athletes. I am really excited about this essay because being an athlete myself, I know some of the things that go on during an athletes typical day in high school that will translate to the college level. These two topics come easy to me because I am involved in numerous sports that will help churn my mind to create an amazing essay. The best part about my current essay is the introduction and the introduction of the body paragraphs. I also think that the title of my essay is something that is very eye-catching to viewers. The one thing that I am struggling with is finding subtopics to compare and contrast. I have started brainstorming and have found a few ideas but still need a couple more to complete my essay. People might say that comparing college and professional athletes is difficult and finding differences might be tough, but more differences can be found when you dig deeper into the realm of different types of athletes. This challenge of comparing two different types of athletes made this more reasonable for me to do this rather than choosing the scholarship essay.
As of right now, I am choosing to compare and contrast horror movies and comedy movies. I say right now because I tend to change my mind a bit, and might randomly change my topic to a scholarship essay the night before the pages are due. However, I am excited to write an essay about horror and comedy films. Since it is October, I feel that it is appropriate to write about this topic. My favorite genre of movies are horror films, from the classics to modern remakes I have watched them all, so I feel like I have a lot of knowledge about it. The other type of genre that I watch is a comedy because everybody loves to have a good laugh now and then. I have finished the first paragraph, and think I am going to go with the alternate type of essay format. This format seems easier to me, and also more professional. The main challenge for this is going to be going deeper to find a connection between these two that are not very obvious.
My essay is for the science ambassador scholarship, that requires me to submit an "essay" about any STEM field topic I choose, not necessarily the one I wish to major in. The "essay" is a three-minute video, that I have to write a script for, draw out the video, and then record, so I still have a lot to go for the video. The best thing about my video/essay is that my topic Is Sickle Cell disease, a topic I know quite a bit about due to learning about it at the Career and Technical Academy (CTE). The worst thing about the essay/video is that the judges say to, "It should be accessible to the general public and could, but doesn't have to be, targeted at young students.", meaning that if you take the aim at the younger generation to its most literal— means that I would be writing for possibly elementary and perhaps lower kids to attempt to convince them to go into a STEM field, thus being a science ambassador. That's why its the worst thing about my essay, It's very hard to write convincingly for kids, and well that's a problem I will have to cross.
I have decided to write scholarship essays instead of the comparison-contrast essay. I have multiple topics including what are the best qualities for a leader, what are my future education goals, and what is one thing I would change to make the world a more caring place. For the most part, this is going well. I have the word count for the rough draft due date and a beginning for all my prompts. The prompts I have chosen include a lot of possibilities so I can write about something that I am passionate about which helps a lot. For the prompt about my future education goals, I am writing about my goal to become a medical sonographer. I enjoy writing on this topic which not only makes the essay easier to write but also makes it more believable. The only issue I am having is how to put my thoughts into words. I know what I want to say just cannot figure out how I want to say it. I have lots of ideas that sound great in my head, but as soon as I type them out, it does not sound the way I want it to.
My rough draft is going very well as of now. My comparison is basketball athletes and football athletes. I have broken down the physical traits that both of these athletes possess and utilize in the game. I will be making comparisons between their games and how different sports have different needs to play at a national level. I think this comparison is important in the world of sports, because it is important to understand the difference between athletes that is necessary to understand how the sport is played as a whole. I think many people understand that the sports are different with different kinds of players, but some of these people do not understand how different the sports are. My breakdown of the two athletes separately shows how the athletes are on their own, and then a comparison is made between the two to show directly the minute differences in the players.
I am feeling much more confident about this essay/slideshow now. After learning about the five-sentence classification. I will be making this paper more intricate, yet it will sound wonderful to the ear to read. I will be comparing the denominations of Luthern and Mormons. I'm picking this because I am into religion heavily and it means a tremendous amount to me. I will be breaking the two down into many different categories; such as, how they praise, weddings, and what the symbols represent for both. I truly think this comparison is important to the world as in because we all should have a good understanding of where we are going once we die; therefore, we should learn as much as possible before we do and what we can do to prevent it before we get there. Also will be showing how much difference there is between these two denominations even though we worship the same Lord.
I believe the best thing about my essay is that I am passionate about what I am talking about. My essay is about the different damages and/or fire rates of guns in video games, something I know a lot about. Because I know lots about my topic and have lots of passion for it, I feel like the words will easily flow from my thoughts to the paper. However, I do still have other issues with writing my paper. The main issue I am having with writing is that I like to write the essay in its final form as I go so I don't do much editing to it after I finish. This way to write makes more sense to me, but it takes much longer because I have to strategically place every sentence in its final spot. One other issue I have with writing my essay is having to include vocab words and final exam terms. Mostly how I fix that issue is by adding them in after I'm done. If I happen to write any while I'm going, yay!
I have chosen to write the compare and contrast essay. The hardest part so far has been coming up with an idea. I thought about different topics for three days, but couldn’t seem to find the right one. Many ideas that I had were already taken or just weren’t very good. I was stuck before any writing began and contemplated if I should switch to the scholarship essay. After a lot of thinking, I decided to compare and contrast the ins and outs of football and fútbol. I have an interest in all sports and thought this was a clever idea. The writing has gone smoothly so far. Throughout my essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the attributes of the players, the popularity of the sports, the paths to make it pro, etc. The best thing about this topic is that there are so many different things to talk about. I feel like I will have no problem meeting the five-page requirement.
The two items that I am comparing in my essay are gaming consoles. For the most part, I am doing fairly well on my rough draft and I am confident with what I am writing. The reason behind why I chose these items is because video games are relevant in the world now, and it is important for first-time buyers to know what they are getting and which console is the best fit for them. The Microsoft Xbox, and Sony Playstation. In this essay, I will be explaining a brief history of the two entertainment systems to give more background insight into how they have come to where they are today. Another comparison I will be making is the benefit of each console. With each console, comes different perks that you cannot get from the other one. For example, on the Playstation 3, you could play online with other players for free. For Xbox 360, you have to pay 10 dollars a month to play online with others. I chose to do the Comparison - Contrast essay rather than the scholarship essay is because I enjoy writing about topics I like and have experience with.
I am comparing the NFL and the CFL in the latest essay I am typing. As of now, I feel good about my rough draft, although there are a couple things I am having issues with in the essay. One of the problems I am dealing with is finding information on the NFL that sets itself apart. One of the things I am looking at for that is the business aspect of the NFL. Another issue that I am dealing with, is making sure I leave nothing out so a reader will not be confused after reading my essay. This would be bad, as the point of the essay is to inform the reader about it so they don't have to do more research on their own. One good thing that is happening with my essay, is the facts that I have put into the essay. The facts that I have found are all really important in the comparisons between the two leagues.
Nothing is going good about my essay. I have been so busy the past couple weeks with Mamma Mia the musical and I haven't really been working on my homework. Although I should probably put my schoolwork first, I have been saving all my homework for last minute. I have not started my essay and I am kind of sad about it. Although I haven't started my essay, I feel like the good thing will be using it to get my scholarships out of the way. I chose to write the scholarships because I need money for college. College is expensive, and I could use all the money I could get. I am hoping that writing these scholarship essays will come easily to me because of two reasons. One being I don't have a lot of time to write it. I am started to look at scholarship essays now, and I am excited to start writing.
I am writing scholarship essays. I think so far what is going worst is finding the right essays to write. I went to the counselor’s page and went to the scholarship page and pulled them all up. One of the problems with this was that many of the scholarships are from last year. However, I went through all the scholarships for this year and looked at the requirements of each essay. I found three that would be good matches, but this will still not be even close to the right amount of words I will need. I am also struggling to make sure my essays stand out compared to the rest of the many entries they will receive. The best part of the scholarships that I have started is that I find it very easy to write them quickly because you get to write about yourself. I am not super far in mine, but it won’t take too long to get them done. I also find them easier to write than other essays because I know I could possibly get something back from these essays.
I chose to do a compare-contrast essay. For this essay, I have a few ideas to use for this essay and I think things will work well with my topic. It's really easy putting this essay into words and being able to come up with many ideas to contrast. I am also able to get help from movies so that I know what I'm doing! My essay is also a really self-centered topic. What I mean by that is every idea doesn't have to be solid. It's purely an essay based on some facts and most differing opinions. However, I have an issue with comparing. There aren't really many things to compare in this topic. I hope to be able to overcome this by pure thought and maybe some friends' help. Now the only other issue is actually getting the essay started. I always really struggle with how I'll be able to start and form my topic so that I can make it smooth and easy to understand. As well as to make others want to read it.
Instead of doing the compare and contrast essay, I am writing several college admission essays in order to get my applications submitted by November 1st. I am most happy about how far I have already gotten. Currently, I am nearly 1300 words in and have completed nearly half of the essays required. My QuestBridge application is nearly ready to submit, and I only need to complete a few college-specific supplements. I am also very happy with most of the essays I have written, and I hope that they will help me shine through to the admission committees. The hardest part of this task is definitely when I have to talk about my accomplishments. In college essays, you need to brag without bragging. You must show the admission committees why you deserve to be accepted while still showcasing a modest and humble attitude, something that takes great skill to accomplish. Because of this, I usually need to go through multiple drafts and spend hours contemplating in order to produce the essays I want. I hope this will eventually make me a better writer.
As of now, I have completed three application essays for my rough draft, totaling 1205 words. From my greatest challenge to my unique heritage, I have already discussed a plethora of personal topics. Within these rough drafts, I feel I am doing very well at discussing my topics and how they have changed me. Whether it is the personal traits they fostered or the lessons they taught, I accurately depicted how my background and challenges have transformed me into who I am today. However, I still have one major concept that I have to improve on: showing these ideas rather than tell them. In the college admission process, essay readers examine thousands of essays before they make a decision. Because of this, I have to relate every reason I give with some form of anecdote in order to stand out. Although I have worked diligently to accomplish this task in my completed drafts, I still feel I could do more to ensure that each essay best portrays who I am.
My struggles that I have encountered during my essay so far have been very frustrating. When it comes to writing, it is very hard for me to come up with ideas on the spot. Often times I need to be able to think about many topics or experiences before my writing. With this essay, I could not come up with a good enough idea for what seemed like forever. It was already Thursday and I was starting to become frustrated that I haven't thought of a good enough essay idea and I was mad at myself for procrastinating. I knew I would be able to complete it, but I should have been more prepared. Finally, during class on Thursday we were having a discussion about graduating and our many ‘lasts’ of senior year. This is when my idea of the differences between high school and college graduates came in mind. Now that I have an acceptable topic, I am excited to start my essay and knock out 3 pages after school. My goal for my next essays is to work on my procrastination and find better though provoking techniques.
My compare and contrast essay is off to an ok start. Mine is about the two main types of hunters, that being archery and rifle. I would not say that I am worried about it at all. But the one main concern that I do have is if the readers will be interested in something such as comparing and contrasting archery and rifle hunters. I think now that my story may seem kind of bland, but with some work on it, I believe that people would enjoy the essay. I believe that if I shed light on the wonderful, but sometimes mystic, world of hunting, it might draw some more interest in the sport that I enjoy so much. But, as I was saying, I believe that when I polish my essay up and really work on it, I think it has some serious potential to grasp the reader's attention and make them wish that there was even more yet to read.
My topic for my compare and contrast is the difference between old vs new videogames. I am about a page and a half into my essay and I feel pretty confident about my topic so far. The history of the two is something I am very knowledgeable about and can discuss in length for a while. I can discuss how they were both perceived, created and marketed in their time. As well as specific important moments that would create trends in the industry for a long time. I am a little worried that I might eventually get off-topic from the compare and contrast or run out of things to say before I finish five pages. This time around though I'll remember to put both vocab words and final exam terms in as I write my essay. The hard part is how to start it and now that I have done the rest of the essay should not be too difficult.
I feel like my choice to write the Scholarship will be very beneficial for me in the future. Right now I am very stressed about it because I don’t even know for sure where I want to go or what I want to do. It’s been very hard finding any scholarships in general that are fitting and a topic I am interested in. I haven’t gotten very far on my essay because I keep changing my mind on which ones I want to do. I finally chose to write the Alliance Communications scholarship in which I am writing about the best part about the Brandon community. Once I start typing I think it’s going to be easy to type what points and ideas I want across. The hardest part about it will be making my responses stand out compared to others. Starting scholarships now will help me to not procrastinate later on when writing them.
When first starting, I was going to do the scholarship essay. However, after much consideration, I decided to do the compare and contrast essay through powerpoint. After a lot of hard thinking, Avery T. and I decided to compare and contrast Introverts versus extroverts. We decided to write about this topic because we believe that these describe each of us pretty well. As we continue writing, I believe that the best thing that will be going on about our draft will be finding different scenarios where we can compare the two and what each person would do. I think this will be the best part because there are many different scenarios that we can think up and put either the introvert or extrovert in to react to. On the other hand, I believe that the worst part of the draft will be trying to get pictures for each comparing the two. While this may be easy for some situations when we can set up the shot; however, it will be much harder to get a candid shot comparing the two.
Instead of doing the compare and contrast essay, I decided to find some scholarship prompts. In the beginning, it was difficult to find essays that I could relate to or provided prompts with requirements that seemed reasonable. I'm currently still working on my first prompt and it is coming along well. It has been hard for me to stay on topic because the word count leads me to wander off-topic or begin to over-explain. I'm having trouble trying to wrap up my thoughts and put a strong ending on my essay. I think my first two paragraphs were strong, but I need to go back and make sure my paper sounds personal and professional. Procrastinating has become a problem for me while writing. By picking scholarship over compare vs contrast, the best thing is that I am writing and applying myself in a way that I am confident with. Some of my scholarship prompts include writing about a future business plan or fashion, which are both topics I feel I can write extensively on.
I am writing a compare-contrast essay. My essay is about two different types of fishermen. I am comparing fly fishermen to conventional fishermen. I am comparing them and contrasting them by the skill and practice required, targeted species of fish and locations, gear and tackle needed, and emotions that each type of fishing produces. I did this because I am interested in fishing and know about both types of fishing. I think the best thing about my essay right now is that I am passionate about it. It should be quite easy to reach the five-page minimum. One thing that is going bad about my essay is my wood choice. I need to use larger or different, not commonly used words. I should be able to change most of these problems when finishing up my final draft. By the end of my final draft, I hope to have a great essay written on comparing and contrasting two types of fishermen.
I chose the scholarship option for this essay prompt. At first, it was hard to find a scholarship essay that I actually wanted to write and thought I could win. I finally found a good option last night and started writing right away. I have made great progress since then. Throughout the essay, I answer the question, 'What would it take for you to consider your life successful in thirty years? How would you get there?'. This essay has to fall between 500 and 1000 words; currently, I am sitting at about 650 words. I would say I have all of my big ideas and points out there. Now, I simply need to fine-tune by adding details, changing the confusing lines, and deleting the absolute nonsense. This essay is not where I want it to be quite yet, but hopefully, it will get there soon so I can crank out the next one.
Something that is going good about my rough draft is how fast I am writing it. I am writing about ducks and geese, which is easy for me since I like to hunt them. I am currently at 6 pages and have all the requirements labeled. I am writing about four differences between the two birds and showing how you can tell them apart. I am also explaining a little bit how you can hunt them better and be more successful if you go hunting for ducks or geese. I believe I am getting rather close to finished with the essay. Something that is not going so good, is I'm not totally sure how smooth it is to read. To fix this I could have some of my friends or my parents read it and explain to me how they feel about it. I was overall pretty excited to write this essay since I knew most of it would come really easy to me, I will likely write a lot of scholarship essays in my free time.
My essay is going alright so far. In my essay, I am comparing and contrasting The Borderlands series to the Destiny series. They are pretty similar in that they are the same genre of game. How they go about separating themselves is defined in their story, gameplay, and community. One of the best parts about my essay is that I have plenty of content to go off of, and sources of information. Another great thing about this essay is that I am nearly all-knowing of the Borderlands series as I have poured 265 hours of my life into it. One of the worst parts about this assignment is that the other series I have not played and have very little information on. I am also having trouble getting started on my assignment and getting a good writing flow going. dealing with writer's block is hard when you have other assignments breathing down your neck.
It has taken me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to write about, but finally, I have figured it out. In the beginning, I was set on writing a comparison essay, but as I thought about it I decided to switch my idea and write a scholarship essay in hopes to receive some money out of the process. I have found a prompt that says, 'What would it take for you to consider your life successful in thirty years? How would you get there?' This essay requires more than 500 words, but less than 1,000 words. I have started finally today, and I would say that it is overall going very well. Personally, these specific questions are simple for me to answer as I plan out my future and figure out the hopes and dreams I will work towards. This assignment requires more words in total, so I will also be choosing another scholarship essay to write about, but I have not yet chosen what that will be.
The current thing that is going best with my rough draft is I feel like I have planned it out very well. For an online college speech class this past summer I learned a lot about setting up and speech or essay that makes it seem organized and effective. This is especially helpful to me since instead of a compare and contrast essay, I am writing essays for scholarships considering I am planning on attending South Dakota State University and have planned out my dual credit courses and online classes to go into my major very well. With the progress I have made, I will be able to get my Bachelor’s Degree within three years. I plan on applying to many scholarships, which is why these scholarships essays need to go well and it helps that I feel like mine are organized and planned out well. I feel like the thing that is going worst for me currently with my rough draft is that I am struggling to keep relating my answers to the question while also trying to personalize it and make it seem more personal.
The best part about my current rough draft is I have chosen a topic I know very well. When I get into the body portion and comparing/contrasting the Peace Vs War's effect on the U.S. I will be able to type fluently and quickly. The debt will be the easiest part to talk about, the moral secondly, and the third still needs to be decided. The worst part about my essay so far is starting it. I have always had trouble figuring out how to start my essays specifically the hook and thesis. I tried to go with talking about the debt compared to before world war two and after and how the war got us out of debt but, the Vietnam war and the war against communism also put us back into debt. Then I decided I could talk about the debt-to-GDP ratio, but I have also decided on not doing that. I am currently still stuck on how I want to start my essay.
My essay is about the difference between cats and dogs. I've had many cats and dogs in my life, so the essay is easier when you know a lot about the topic you are doing. The best thing about the rough draft I would say is my intro. My intro is creative for me and I used a lot of words that I hardly know. Another thing I like about the rough draft is that I wrote in a few days and I didn't really have to think about it because it is easy for me. The worst thing about my essay I would say is my lack of creativity the longer my essay gets. The intro I wrote well, but I feel like that the rest of the paragraphs are lacking creativity.
In my current rough draft, which is for various scholarship essays, the thing that is going the best is that I am writing about things I am passionate about. It has taken some searching to find scholarships that I both qualify for and require essays, but I have successfully found a few and are working to complete them. I think that so far my writing is going well and I am finding it easier to compose based on the topics I have chosen. I am having some trouble with one of my essays, which requires me to write about a vague political topic in a specific and impactful way, but also in a way that does not identify my race/gender/age/political affiliation. I am also having trouble choosing phrases that are impactful, but also short and direct. One of my essays is only 500 words, so it is hard for me to compose my thoughts and still meet the word limit.
I am writing my essay with Emily Wendt. We are making out essay comparing Basketball vs. dance. We are doing this because I am in basketball and she is in dance. We are also doing a picture essay which will make it fun. Good things about our essay is that it will be fun to do and it will be unique because we will be taking all of our pictures on our own which will be fun. The bad thing is that we have not started taking pictures for our picture essay yet but we already have all our ideas written down that we want to do. Since we do not have school Friday it will be easy for Emily and I to get together and take all of the different kinds of pictures we need to take in order to complete our rough draft for that night. Then all we will have to do after is explain our pictures on each slide and explain how the pictures we took are either different or are similar.
I am doing two scholarship essays. They are both going very well. Both are going well because they are about things I can relate to and write about easily. One is about one thing I would want to do to make the world a more caring place. The other is about what I see myself doing or what I see as being successful in 30 years. I think the hardest or worst part of my essay is always getting started. I never am quite sure what to put in my introduction. The introduction at the end of my first essay has turned out relatively well so I am content with it. It has also been going well because the topics are easy for me to talk about. They fit my personality. I tend to be a more caring person towards people and so I can easily relate to the things I can come up with. I also know what I see myself doing in 30 years so it is again very simple to write about.
In my opinion, the best thing about my current rough draft is the fact that I have just recently found out what two things I will be comparing and contrasting. I am comparing and contrasting two of the world's best soccer players ever, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This is a topic that I have a large understanding of and will be able to go into great detail about. I am passionate about this and the world is constantly debating who is better and who is the greatest of all time (GOAT). The worst part of my essay is the fact that I struggle to get started. For me, once I finish my introduction paragraph then it starts to become easier and I am able to share my knowledge of the topic at a faster rate. It took me a while to decide how I wanted to word my introduction paragraph and to come up with my thesis statement. However, now that these both are done, I will now be able to get going and compose about this topic that I am very passionate about. I am very excited to see what I am able to compose.
The best thing going on in my rough draft is a reflection. My rough draft is about growing up with married parents or divorced parents. Due to this, I have the chance to reflect on some of the struggles in which the environment provides. Often enough I do not get to reflect upon my life and think meticulously about small integral things that I would not normally use. But when writing this rough draft I am givin the chance to reflect as I earlier stated. The worst thing about writing my rough draft is which ideas I want to focus on and how to relate them through words instead of emotions because I can feel how something was but I need to relay information in a form people can understand. The other hard thing is that I am trying to write the paper from a neutral point of perspective instead of a biased point. This paper makes me think which I like, but I have to be careful to relay information correctly and not present through emotion. Instead, I need to present with logic and ideas and facts that make sense.
I am doing some of my college application essays for this assignment. I am struggling to pick my final essay prompt because the University of Chicago provides many unique questions and ideas to write about in the supplement essay. This is a good thing as well because I have plenty of options that I can write a lot about. I can definitely come up with multiple great ideas for each prompt in order to hopefully have a unique essay. I am struggling to come up with ways to make my other essays unique so that they stand out compared to others. I was struggling to find the requirements for each essay and that set me back a bit. I'm still trying to double-check that I have the right requirements for each essay. Other than those minor things, the essays I am doing are going really well and I feel at least somewhat passionately about.
I am writing scholarship essays for this essay. I have only one done so far, but I think that the best thing about the one that I finished is that it refers a lot about me and I reflect on what I have done in the past which makes it that much easier to write. I am doing it on driver education, so things come to mind pretty easily since I have been driving for quite a while now. I'm not really sure there is a bad thing going on right now with my essay, but one bad thing I can think of his trying to find another essay that can be a little longer that also pertains to me like the other one that I did. I could probably just find multiple essays because I am going to have to do that by next Friday anyways, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
My essay is comparing and contrasting South Dakota and Hawaii. The best part about my essay is that these two entities are polar opposites on almost every single account. This makes for obvious and clear differences that are highlighted throughout the essay. Also, the high number of different points I can bring up in my essay makes it easy to reach the length requirement. Not to mention that there are tons of subject matter on every single topic; therefore, I actually have to cut down on unnecessary information more than usual. The worst part of my essay is including interesting points. When talking about a state, there's only so much subject matter that will actually grab a reader's attention. I'm trying to add as many unknown facts and intriguing topics as possible but it's becoming difficult. Another problem with my essay is trying making it flow smoothly. Because I don't want to overload with irrelevant sentences, my essay lacks in fluidity. Overall, I believe my essay is going well because I have real-life experience in both South Dakota and Hawaii, so I feel like my information—backed by facts— is reliable.
I am writing my essay about the different types of lakes and the people you will find on each lake. The two different lakes being small lakes, like the lake I have a cabin on, and large lakes, such as Okoboki or Minnetonka. What I like most about this essay is that it will be easy to write because I know a lot about lakes and I absolutely love being on the lake. Spending time on the lake is how I spend a large portion of my summer. I think this will be a fun comparison essay to write and I really hope to paint a picture of what it is like to be at the lake, wether its Okoboji or a little tiny lake in central Minnesota. The part I like least about my essay is what I like least about all my essays and that is the intro and conclusion paragraphs. I find it most difficult to write these portions of the essays, therefore, they tend to be the worst part of my essays.
My essay is a scholarship essay for the VFW with the prompt of "What Makes America Great". The best part of my essay is the prompt itself. I was going back and forth between two different scholarship prompts, but I felt my heart was in the VFW prompt the most. I feel as if I will be able to connect to this prompt well and create an impactful essay. I have a clear, solid concept of what I want the focus for my essay to be. The prompt is great because it is open to a wide range of interpretations and allows my personal voice to be heard. The worst part of my rough draft was my initial struggle to find an original, unique idea that was different from the rest. As this is a national scholarship, I wanted to make sure my essay stood out among the rest. It took me a while to brainstorm, but I now have a clear idea of the message I want to be put across. Overall, I believe my essay is a great chance to make a positive impact and is off to a great start!
This essay has definitely been a challenge for me. I decided to do the compare and contrast essay and started working on it on Monday. I got three pages done, and I just wasn't loving the topic I chose and how it sounded. I thought about changing it to a scholarship essay but I was determined to make my essay work. Finally, I restarted it all and changed my topic. So far it is going a lot better and it is definitely a lot cleaner and more articulate than my previous essay. The best part of my essay is that it is very descriptive and I feel it gives you a picture in your head. I try to bring a memory or image into the essay so people can connect to it easier. The worst thing about my essay is that I have three separate paragraphs instead of a fluent essay that flows right into each like a stream down a mountain. I need to figure out how to connect the paragraphs together so that way the essay is a bit more smooth. I now am more excited though to continue working on my essay.
Deciding which essay to write was extremely difficult at the beginning. I immediately wanted to write a scholarship essay as I knew it would be a great jump start for college. However, after reading the different examples and student responses, I noticed many of them were very accomplished and seemed to have their entire future mapped out; meanwhile, I have no idea what my future entails. I decided to write a comparison-contrast essay instead. I wanted to take a basic topic that everyone knew a little about and make it much deeper. Although not much is written in my rough draft, I have a clear idea of what I want to write about. The best part of my essay is having so many ideas and topics to include. Although, the biggest struggle for me is finding the similarities and differences that everyone does not know already as I want to create an entertaining but also knowledgeable essay.
I find that the initial process of beginning an essay is the most difficult for me. I don't find it particularly troublesome to choose a topic, I struggle with developing an introduction that entices and interests the reader. Personally, I believe that the most important part of an essay is keeping the reader interested, with the message of the text being second in order of priority. What good is the message if it doesn't get to anybody? For this reason, I dread the beginning most. Once I get rolling, however, things begin to fall into place and I don't worry or stress over the writing as much. The easiest part is certainly discussing the actual topic. Personally, I always try to select a topic that I am knowledgeable enough in to discuss without much/any research. Once I get to a steady pace and feel confident in my introduction, my essay should begin to take shape.
I am currently writing my rough draft for the scholarship essay. I believe it is going very well for me and I am glad I chose this option. One of the best things about my rough draft is that it is better written than past essays (in my opinion). I believe this is the case because I am writing for a better purpose than just for a good grade. This essay will not only help my writing skills but will be a huge benefit to my future as well. This rough draft is full of information about me, my opinions, and my future. I feel that I can write more efficiently when I am passionate about what I am writing in comparison to writing an informational essay. On the other hand, I feel I do not have great writing skills so I need to work on it to make my essay more...me. What I mean by this is that it must sound original and not a piece of paper that anyone could write. I feel that if I take the time to make these improvements, I will have essays that will stand out in order to obtain scholarships.
I decided to write multiple scholarship essays instead of writing a compare and contrast essay. I believe having the opportunity to receive money and get a grade for it is too good to turn down. In my essay, I have already chosen multiple questions to write about. The first question is "What is the most difficult challenge you have ever faced? How did you handle it?" I am discussing this year when I became Battery Captain for the drumline and how it has been a challenge to separate myself from my peers. The most challenging factor is trying to pose myself as a leader instead of a friend. The next question I chose was music-related again. It is "In the space provided below, complete a 500-word essay or less describing what you have gained through your involvement in music and how you will use that in your future." I chose to write about how I got involved in music and how it became my true passion. I also gave examples of the relationships I have made through the years with marching band and many other musical activities. I also extrapolated the lessons I have learned from band and explained how this activity will help me far into the future. There are still many more essays I will need to write but I believe I am off to a good start.
At first, I was going to write the scholarship essays, but after looking through the other options I decided to go with the picture essays. My partner is Alexis B and we are comparing and contrasting introverts and extroverts. I think this is a good topic for us because we can relate to the topic. I feel it has been easy to come up with sentences because the two topics are so different, so they are easy to contrast. It is a little bit more difficult to compare them, but I think we have been doing a good job. The hardest part in my opinion for this essay will be finding and creating pictures for the slides. They are easy to explain on paper, but a bit more challenging to put into view. We still have a lot of work to do on our picture essay, but I think we have a good start. I feel this will be an interesting essay and we are going in a good direction.
Instead of doing the compare/contrast essay, I opted to write a few scholarship prompts. Finding scholarships that are applicable to me and are readily available is seeming to be a slight challenge. With the sheer amount of scholarships that are offered, getting a bit overwhelmed is somewhat unavoidable. Using websites that are dedicated to searching for scholarships based on the information you give to them has been a saving grace. Deciding on which scholarship prompt to actually expand upon is proving to be the worst part of the process. The search for opportunities continues, with some slight diamonds in the rough being found here and there. Writing about topics that are actually intriguing and personal to you proves to be much easier, so those types of essays are what I'm looking for. If all else fails, writing college application essays is a definite fallback option. Either option I end up picking, I will continue to be productive in my college escapade.
I have chosen to write scholarship essays instead of the compare and contrast essay. I have decided to do so because I believe this will benefit me the most. I have not found a specific scholarship to write for, but instead, I am picking a few prompts to create my essays on to hopefully better my skills at writing these types of essays! My first prompt is "How have you been molded?" I believe this is a great topic for me to expand on because I have changed immensely as a person throughout my high school years. In the essay, I explain my story and growth because of high school soccer. I love this essay because I get to express something about me I haven't talked about much. That prompt is the main one I have been working on in my rough draft. I might also pick some more prompts, which may include "Choose a person you admire and explain why," and/or "What do you love?" Overall, my rough draft is very rough, but I am making progress.
My essay is about the drastic difference in the success of two Wisconsin sports teams: the Packers and the Brewers. The best part about my essay is I can talk about the Packers and Brewers all day, every day, 24/7, 365 days a year. It might be a little unhealthy how much useless knowledge I have about the teams but I am not complaining. Baseball is pretty much the only sport in which Wisconsin fans have experienced losing in the past two decades and I find it fun to dive in a see what went wrong. I love talking about things I am interested in and this essay gives me a great chance to do that. The worst part of my essay is that comparing two different sports is kind of challenging, especially with my approach. I am going into how the Packers have had so much success throughout their tenure compared to the Brewers and how the way they set up there team has made them more at risk for losing. The way to build a good football team and a good baseball team a sort of similar but also very different at the same time. It is tough but I know if I get rolling I can make it good.
The scholarship essay I am currently working on is for AES Engineering. The prompt is “When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?” I am currently at about 500 words and I am trying to get to 1000. The best thing about my essay is how personal and real I get to be. I share personal stories which I believe showcases more about my personality than the basic information I provide. The hardest part of my essay was deciding what would be the most important things to lead to a successful life. I still honestly don’t know if I answered correctly. I also am finding it hard to come up with a good conclusion to my essay. I think I need to find the right balance of formal writing while still making it sound like myself.
I am currently writing an essay about the difference between hunting with a rifle and hunting with a bow. I love hunting so i thought I would choose this topic because I know so much about it. The best thing about my current essay right now is that I am very familiar with the topic and know a lot about the topic. I have done many of the hunting techniques myself so I can give my opinion on each and what is successful and what can be forgotten about. The worst part about my essay right now is that I don't know exactly how to put what I am thinking into words that my reader can understand. To a reader who has not been hunting at all or very little, they may not understand what I am trying to say. If I can break it down enough then I can use my essay was a way to educate people about the difference between bow hunting and rifle hunting.
I choose to write scholarship essays. The best thing about my essays is the real-life examples I am putting in. This gives more life to my essay and puts the people who read it in a more relatable situation. Think about it. What is one thing a teacher has done that has left a lasting impact on your life? I bet you can think of more than one. One example that I experienced and another that my mom experienced. Putting in my mom's experience capures what I want to do with my life. Leave a lasting impact on my students. Something that they can take with them, learn from, and apply to their everyday lives. I feel as though I am struggling to do the stories justice though. It is like taking the perfect photo, hard to do. Another thing I am struggling with is organization. I feel as though I jump straight from one thought to the next without a good transition. That, jumping from one thought to another, makes it hard to create a cohesive piece that reads smoothly.
I chose to write scholarship essays. My prompt is "texting and driving", I think the best thing about it is that I am putting real examples from my life that involve texting and driving. It is something that everyone needs to be aware of nowadays because teens are really bad at putting the phone down and so it is easy for me to write about because I relate to it a lot. I think one of the hard things is that I text and drive and me writing about how bad it is, I need to realize that I could be putting people's lives in danger when I text and drive and I don't even realize it, I need to take what I am writing about and put it into real perspective. I think another thing that is hard is that you need a specific number of words in these essays instead of pages and so sometimes you exceed the limit of words, but you can't because there is a limit for a reason. I still have to write about another prompt because I finished my first one, so I will probably write about 2-3 prompts for my scholarship essay. I think the best thing about writing these essays is that you can learn from them while writing, you should know about everything being written down and should have a good idea of your points being written but you can learn while writing and I think that is a positive.
I chose to write scholarship essays rather than to write a compare and contrast essay. Although the compare and contrast essay would be easier to accomplish, I chose to write scholarship essays. This is because I need to write them some time, so why not do it now and check two things off my to-do list. I feel as though these essays will be easy to accomplish because you are able to choose what scholarship essay questions you want to answer. If you do not apply to the scholarship or simply do not like the question, do not answer it/write about it. I currently have about three pages completed. These short but meaningful essays are somewhat fun to write because some of the different topics you are asked to write about are out of the ordinary. So far I have had no difficulty writing these essays and I think that I will be able to complete the minimum of five pages, if not more.
I have decided to write about the similarities and differences between PlayStation and Xbox. The best thing about my rough draft, in my opinion, would be that I have a good and sound understanding of both the systems and have done my best to keep everything even and fair when describing them both. This comes from the fact that I have had the PlayStation for several years and the Xbox around the same time and grew up with both of the consoles and liked them both and what both bring to the table in terms of games and compatibility. The weakest point in my rough draft would be that I don’t think that I have a good and catching introduction. To fix this problem I think that I should spend more time thinking about clever and caching ideas to try and reel people in to read my comparison and contrast paper.
I decided to write scholarship essays rather than a comparison/contrast essay. I believe that writing scholarship essays will be very beneficial for my future. Another reason I chose to write scholarship essays is that it will help pay for some of the college I decide to attend. If I am awarded any scholarship money, it will make it, so I do not have as much tuition to pay when I go to college. These essays should be easy to complete because I can choose which I want to apply for. Also, scholarship essays give a prompt most of the time, and that makes it much easier to write because I have a specific topic and goal to obtain. I have had no problem writing these scholarship essays because the prompts are clear. I have enjoyed writing these scholarship essays, and I definitely will be able to complete the minimum of five pages needed for this assignment.
I chose to write a few scholarship essays. So far I have two done and one in progress. The first one is about how my personality and my band instrument are similar and the second is about how music has impacted my life and how I will use it in the future. I think the hardest part was trying to use the right language. I didn't want to sound like I plagiarized the essays but also didn't want to sound too casual. I think I found a happy medium, though. The easiest thing about writing them was the length. I didn't have to stretch them out to get them to the required amount of words so I think the essays sound natural and flow well. However, when I was jumping between different personality traits in the instrument essay, I think it sounded a little choppy. Overall, I think they are going well, I just need a few more essay prompts and I'll be good.
I chose the comparison and contrasting essay, and I have had a hard time with it. The last essay gave me the problem of not being very passionate about the topic I chose. This essay is giving me the absolute opposite of that problem. This essay is presenting the problem of me being too interested in the topics I chose to compare and contrast. My essay originally compared the thought processes behind subjectivity and objectivity, but researching these has been difficult, as I had a different understanding of what those words meant. I now have to change a lot about my essay, and it is extremely irritating. I deleted almost two pages and am now working on renaming the essay and restructuring it. I looked up subjectivity and objectivity and wrote about those, but they were not what I originally wanted to write about. In order to avoid the mistake I made with the last essay, I chose to pull it apart and rethink what I wanted to compare. I finally found my topics and my title. Follow Your Heart or Follow Your Mind: A Juxtaposition of Unconscious Intuition and Conscious Intellect Used in Decision Making. I find that to be a good title, and it actually reflects what I want to write about.
For my essay, I decided to write scholarship essays to hopefully help me save some money in the future. The one I am currently working is the Unified Caring Association Scholarship and the prompt is “If you could change one thing in the world to make it a more caring place, what would you change?” I am also going to have to write a couple of other essays to get the 1750 word requirement for the final essay. The other ones I will be doing is the Southeast Area Principals Scholarship and the prompt for that essay is to Discuss my future plans (school/career) and how my education prepared you for my next step in life. I think that these essays should get me to the 900 words for the rough draft. I will have to find another one to write once I finish these ones to meet the requirement. The essays are going pretty well for me because I find these topics easy to write about but I will have to work hard to get it done.
I am writing a scholarship essay about when Hyvee made a difference in my life. I like my essay because it is not a typical answer. One would expect a time when I worked hard and got rewards, or when a customer shared a story and it made me view life differently. My essay is about a bad time and how is negatively affected my life. I then explain what I have learned from this experience. The one thing that I do not like, is that the experience I am writing about is still occurring. I am still dealing with the negative effects that I am writing about. It is hard to write a conclusion for something I have not seen through yet. However, since the topic is a unique answer to the question, I have to wait. The nice thing is that the essay for this scholarship is not due until January. I also like this essay because I do not have to think hard about what I am writing. I am writing about something that I am familiar with and that I know how to explain. It is not stressful (except for fitting the word count) and I overall enjoy writing it.
The essay I chose was the compare and contrast essay and I am having mixed opinions on it, some good while others bad. The subject I picked was Mom vs Dad. I feel that the topic is a strong topic to write about and can go many different routes with the essay. Some of my better points were that I think I did well on was transitioning clearly throughout the essay. Another thing I thought was strong was my introduction paragraph. The introduction seems to catch my eye and makes the topic more interesting after reading the first bit. Although there are definitely things I could improve on. Reading through my essay the sentence structures could be spiced up a little and differ from one another to create a more intriguing essay to read. Having a broader vocabulary could also improve my essay by making it sound more sophisticated. These are just a couple things, while there is a lot more to improve and build on throughout the year typing essays.
For my essay, I am comparing the differences between horror and thriller movies. To me, and many other people around the world, there is a distinct difference between these two. But not everyone has this same understanding. I am trying to make it easier and more defined on how to tell these genres apart and decide which one you like more. I really appreciate how my words are all flowing together. I normally do not write like this but for some reason this time I am. My sentences all flow and sound good together. Another thing I like about my essay is how I am describing the difference between these genres. I am using nice descriptive words and examples from the real world. I think that these two components come together to really paint a picture for the people reading my essay. I also do not like a few things about how I am writing. I notice that I am rambling around and repeating the same points a couple of times. I need to find more points to make sure that my essay stays interesting throughout the whole thing. I am sure I have a lot more to work on, but I am just focusing on these for now.
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