IHow a disastrous familial situation brought out the best of my character, even though the circumstances were awful, were what my personal statements focused on. In one for example, I discussed how my cousins and I cleaned the house of my diseased uncle, who died at the age of 46 from complications due to alcoholism. He left behind two teenaged boys. When we arrived to clean the house he was renting, we found human and animal feces everywhere, rotten food all...

"One of my most cherished memories is my involvement in the service learning club at my high school, the Students Helping Out (SHOut) club. My high school offered only grades ten through twelve, and all three years I was actively involved, becoming the president of the club my senior year. The most potent lesson I learned being in this position, was that relationship building, networking, and planning were all critically essential to a smoothly running team. During my senior year,...

I've run into many people who think that colleges are looking for a sob story or how they personally have been oppressed by the mechanisms of society. While this is true to a point, what they are really looking for is how you have overcome obstacles, oppressors, and challenges that you have come across in your life. Admissions employees want to accept students demonstrate the internal drive and self discipline necessary to be successful in higher education, they are looking...

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