Hello Responsibility. Goodbye Puberty.
For the last week, the most memorable takeaways from AP Literature and Composition have been tips and tricks for college essays. We've learned a lot about how to write with meaning and employ effective narration.
Through this experience, I've come to realize a few important things. First of all, the previous draft I had written was pure garbage. I tossed it in the trash as soon as I got my hands on it. Secondly, it's incredibly difficult to summarize your entire life into a brief monologue. That is what the essays are essentially asking of us: to present ourselves within a limited space. It's quite an arduous task. You're basically being asked to compress all of your life into a piece that only offers 1-2 pages in length.
But this experience, much so like college itself, is meant to prepare us for the future. Ten or so years later, when we walk into job interviews, we are going to be presenting who we are as a person at that very moment. Yes, our resumes do indeed play a factor, but it's not like the perfect candidate on paper can just walk into the room, drop a bunch of slurs and profane words, and expect to walk out with the job.
Thus, presentation is undoubtedly key. If the way we come off in the short time frame allotted doesn't quite live up to expectations, rejection is to be expected. This is what the college process prepares us for. It's our first taste into how the real world works. The real world isn't always so pretty. We will be rejected. We will fail. The college application process as well as our essays, helps prepare us for such experiences. It's like our free 90-day trial into adulthood. Except we don't have the option to cancel.
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