College Essay Ideas, Problems, Questions Post the prompt you are responding to, how you are approaching the prompt, etc. by Mrs. McDougall https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay Made with ♥ en-us 2016-09-27 16:13:07 UTC 2026-03-21 19:59:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Jewell Sturk https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464296 I am writing an essay for KCAD and the Oscoda Foundation scholarship. 
Both of which, I am completely lost on. 
KCAD- What does the world need? Does it need more of something, less of something, a change or improvement in a particular area? Reflect on needs that impact others that are also significant to you and your worldview. 
Oscoda Foundation- An introduction of yourself and your educational and career goals, length of time you have attended Oscoda Area Schools, a summary of your interests and school and community activities in high school (including jobs held). Indicate any particular financial benefit the scholarship may provide you.]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464296 Why do you want to go into a medicine career? Donny Ellis https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464447 I am approaching this by talking about the moment in my life where I realized I wanted to heal people, and use my mind to make other people's lives and health better. I used an anecdote of when my father saved a man's life in our church, and related to how profoundly that affected me.]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464447 Emma Kane https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464477 Common App essay for PU
Ashley Scott/Diane Pippin Scholarship about softball/teamwork]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464477 Cara Snider https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464629 Introduction Essay for Oscoda foundation scholarship,
i'm having trouble with the intro but I think I know how i'm gonna go about the rest of it.]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464629 Abigail Thompson thompsonabigail https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464778 "What unique perspective will you bring to Grand Valley?"
Short essay about my love of learning and how it translates into college life/ a teaching career.

]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464778 Is This Pretentious https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464806 Is it pretentious to write an essay about my girlfriend? -Brandon Farlow]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464806 Luke Yang https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464827 Who are you?]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464827 "Why are you applying to this scholarship?" https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464847 A trick question if I ever heard one.]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464847 Jerneigh Orso https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464851 I can never think of how to start what I want to write when it's about myself]]> 2018-09-21 16:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284464851 Cienna Gibbs https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465014 What I believe in.
I believe that all children deserve an education.]]> 2018-09-21 16:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465014 If you would like to, please provide an essay baranekt https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465046 ;~;

Without a prompt it is hard to know what to write about. Do I explain my life? Do I provide an essay that shows how well I can write? Any other time that I have written I have been able to just, write. But here, I am drawing a blank. I can't find a place to start, not just the essay, but writing at all.
I am very average, and its difficult to find something to write about]]> 2018-09-21 16:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465046 Ethan Raybourn raybourne https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465163 Why U of M? What makes the community unique]]> 2018-09-21 16:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465163 Lauren D'Annunzio https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465295  
The above paper should include: An introduction of yourself and your educational and career goals, length of time you have attended Oscoda Area Schools, a summary of your interests and school and community activities. This paper should describe your experience of teamwork in team and/or individual sports, and how that experience has been important to you. Who has inspired you? What has motivated you? What will you take from your athletic experiences?


]]> 2018-09-21 16:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465295 Joshua Bucich https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465347 What is your motivation. ]]> 2018-09-21 16:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465347 Kaylee Brewer https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465553 I'm finding it nearly impossible to write an essay about myself. NMU asks me to write an essay about me, and I need inspiration. ]]> 2018-09-21 16:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465553 Cade Fulton https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465565 I would write an introduction about myself and my past as well as my education and past success and why I am choosing my college of choice.]]> 2018-09-21 16:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284465565 Cody Evans https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466077  If you could only do one of the activities you have listed in the Activities section of your application, which one would you keep doing? Why? 

I'm thinking about including one of the organizations I am a part of. Like NHS of Interact. ]]> 2018-09-21 16:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466077 Hanson Oscoda Foundation https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466490 When writing the self introduction I find it hard not to sound "formatted." So, instead of a rough draft, I'm writing a broken draft of pretty basic sentences, then expanding.]]> 2018-09-21 16:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466490 Why Grayson Rayes can't write https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466750 1.) I'll try approaching the prompt by describing myself the way others describe me, to help eliminate first person bias  
2.) when I write my essay do I strive for a longer essay, or do I want a more compact essay?
3.) no hands/feet
4.)Vietnam

]]> 2018-09-21 16:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284466750 https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284467042 How many colleges is to many colleges to apply to?]]> 2018-09-21 16:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284467042 Sydney Hagstrom https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284467086 What is my life philosophy? 
Eat brownies. Change lives. ]]> 2018-09-21 16:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284467086 Devan Ortiz ortizd1 https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/5thhouressay/wish/284467605  Prompt:
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. 
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