having heart what really makes an essay tick

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1、Chapter3HavingHeart:WhatReallyMakesanEssayTickGUIDANCE,IFNEEDEDWritingapersonalstatementisauniqueexperience.Infact,itissomethingofagenreofitsown.Evenifyou’reanEnglishmajorandhavewritten101papersonthewritingsoffamousauthors,youmightfindyourselftongue-tiedwhenattemptingto

2、penthestoryofyourlifethusfar.Agoodwaytogetanideaofhowtoapproachyourpersonalstatementistoreadotherstudents’attempts.Laterinthisbook,wereproduce45personalstatementsandsecondaryessayswrittenbyrealmedicalschoolapplicants.Yourpremedadvisoralsomayhavesomeexamplesofexemplarype

3、rsonalstatementsonfile.Foranevenwiderperspective,youmightconsiderreadinglaworbusinessschoolapplicationstoseewhatstudentsinotherdisciplineshavewrittenaboutthemselves(ourownLawSchoolEssaysthatMadeaDifferenceandBusinessSchoolEssaysthatMadeaDifferencearegoodresourcesforthis

4、task).THESECRETSTOYOURSUCCESSThekeystosuccesswhenapproachingyourpersonalstatementarecompressionandclarity.Asit’sextremelydifficulttowriteaboutanythingimportantinapageorless,assumethatyou’llbespendingalotofqualitytimewithyourcomputer.Togetstarted,youcantryacoupleofdiffer

5、entapproachestogetyourfingersmoving.GETTOKNOWYOURSELFBETTERThesubjectmatterofyourmedicalschooladmissionsessayis:You(andwhyyouwanttogotomedicalschool).Youprobablyknowyourselfprettywell,butitcanbehelpfultocomeupwithanswerstothefollowingquestionsbeforeyougetstartedwriting:

6、•Whohasbeenthebiggestinfluenceonyourlifeandyourdecisiontoapplytomedicalschool?•Ifyouwereexiledtoadesertedislandandonlyallowedtotakethreebookswithyou,whichwouldtheybe?Haveanyoftheseworksinfluencedyouandyourdesiretobeadoctor?Whatdoyourchoicesrevealaboutyou?•Whatworkexperi

7、enceorextracurricularactivityismostmeaningfulforyou?Whathaveyoulearnedfromparticipatinginthisactivity?•Whathasbeenthemostdisappointing/challengingexperienceofyourlife?Howhasthisexperienceshapedyourmedicalschoolreadinessandwhoyouaretoday?•Whatcharactertraitseparatesyoufr

8、omthecrowd?Howdidyoudevelopthischaractertrait?•Wheredoyouseeyourselfintenyears,fifteenyears,twentyyears?Howwil