OT: Please help on my College App Essay - Fav. Super-Hero
11-14-2003, 10:27 AM
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Originally posted by p0wp0w
iloveporsches - the super-heros fit in at the beginning of my essay. The prompt is how have you triumphed over fear which is real courage. So basically I start off saying I would rather do this and that (what the super hero's do) than facing my greatest fear, confrontation. Then later it goes on describing the situation and how I overcame it (which was apologizing to a despised person becuase I did something wrong). I would really appreciate it if you sent me your essay, of course I wouldn't plagarize or copy (the prompts are probably different anyway) I just need ideas, BADLY.
If you don't mind you can either PM me it or e-mail it to mmmattc@alltel.net Thanks in advanced.
haha I knew I would get some Porsche driver response :P ohwell adds to my knowledge, and thanks so far to those who contributed, it helps a lot!
iloveporsches - the super-heros fit in at the beginning of my essay. The prompt is how have you triumphed over fear which is real courage. So basically I start off saying I would rather do this and that (what the super hero's do) than facing my greatest fear, confrontation. Then later it goes on describing the situation and how I overcame it (which was apologizing to a despised person becuase I did something wrong). I would really appreciate it if you sent me your essay, of course I wouldn't plagarize or copy (the prompts are probably different anyway) I just need ideas, BADLY.
If you don't mind you can either PM me it or e-mail it to mmmattc@alltel.net Thanks in advanced.
haha I knew I would get some Porsche driver response :P ohwell adds to my knowledge, and thanks so far to those who contributed, it helps a lot!
Come up with your own ideas, write the essay, and get other people to read and critique it for you and make changes as required. The best tip I can give you is that the secret to good writing is re-writing.
11-14-2003, 11:11 AM
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How about Magnus the Robot Fighter.
Personally, I'd steer clear of any college that asked me to write an essay about super heros. Seems lame to me. But if I was dead set on going there I'd go another route and write about real life heros. Find someone who's not a known name, explain how they have struggled to overcome adversity - tell their story. But that's just me. I once had to write an essay on the novel Airport. Wound up comparing one of the characters exit from a taxi cab to the rebirth of a child from the womb. Got an A and an explanation saying the professor thought I was full of ****, but I did support my views well and she just couldn't find any fault with what I had done.
Personally, I'd steer clear of any college that asked me to write an essay about super heros. Seems lame to me. But if I was dead set on going there I'd go another route and write about real life heros. Find someone who's not a known name, explain how they have struggled to overcome adversity - tell their story. But that's just me. I once had to write an essay on the novel Airport. Wound up comparing one of the characters exit from a taxi cab to the rebirth of a child from the womb. Got an A and an explanation saying the professor thought I was full of ****, but I did support my views well and she just couldn't find any fault with what I had done.
11-14-2003, 11:58 AM
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wow, that's a different essay topic for college than I'm used to. Glad Brown or Harvard didnt ask me anything of that sort...was more of a poingient event, autobiographical sort of thing for me. I'm doing the college app. thing all over again, too........hopefully I can convince Oxford that they neeeeeeeeeed me, lol. best of luck man! i know this stuff can be stressful.
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11-14-2003, 04:30 PM
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11-15-2003, 02:21 AM
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thanks all,
to clarify, the essay prompt is not about super heroes
Here is the prompt:
In his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela reflects upon his life and commitment to the anti-apartheid movement. He writes: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Give a personal example of how courage has played a role in your life.
In the beginning of the essay I say things on the line of:
I would rather leap from tree to tree like Tarzan. I would rather fight blah blah blah. Any of these would have been better than facing my greatest fear, confrontation.
Then a short story how I triumphed over my fear and the end.
Thanks again everyone!
EDIT: Thx Peckster for the advice
to clarify, the essay prompt is not about super heroes
Here is the prompt:
In his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela reflects upon his life and commitment to the anti-apartheid movement. He writes: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Give a personal example of how courage has played a role in your life.
In the beginning of the essay I say things on the line of:
I would rather leap from tree to tree like Tarzan. I would rather fight blah blah blah. Any of these would have been better than facing my greatest fear, confrontation.
Then a short story how I triumphed over my fear and the end.
Thanks again everyone!
EDIT: Thx Peckster for the advice
08-05-2022, 09:40 AM
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Hello. Xena is a warrior princess. Hercules fights mythical creatures. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fights Shredder. king kong fights from the army. Godzilla vs. King Kong. Hulk is a green man who fights evil. Well, there are many more heroes, but I think that's enough for the beginning of the story, I wish you luck in writing. I knew a lot of them in my childhood, but not so much now. That's why I'm thinking of writing those I knew
08-08-2022, 02:29 PM
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Paul Volcker, the 12th Chair of the Federal Reserve between 1979 and 1987. Fought staggering inflation and brought the United States economy out of the one of the worst inflationary times in U.S. history. In the process, Volcker became one of the most hated people in America and stuck to his beliefs regardless of what others said or thought of him.
Though Volcker took the position over a decade before I was born, learning about stagflation and Volker's actions in college really stuck with me. Something we should ask of all public servants and aspire to ourselves. Doing the right thing, popular or not.
Also, oddly relevant today.
Though Volcker took the position over a decade before I was born, learning about stagflation and Volker's actions in college really stuck with me. Something we should ask of all public servants and aspire to ourselves. Doing the right thing, popular or not.
Also, oddly relevant today.
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08-09-2022, 03:20 AM
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