Essay Prompt for WSU

           To be a leader and group contributor, I could help anyone that would need help or that would benefit the community. Being able to help someone as simple as talking or from taking action to do something, it means a lot to a person. As a young adult, taking part in a summer fun program to become a junior leader was a way I could give back when the same program in my neighborhood gave me so much and different kind of opportunities. Having to go to Molokai, a trip that I wouldn’t have to pay, I simply gave back by crating a video for the people who taught me things that other people wouldn’t have a chance.

            Creativity everywhere is open to everyone in a different view. People might think as me a weird person, but I think to be as a many minded person. Living in Hawaii is like being in paradise to those from the mainland. Nature is set everywhere for us to see. The skies are clear and the weather is the same every time. My mind is set on where endless ideas of what can be pictured through a video, camera, or actions that I take.

            A challenge that sticks out to the rest of my other challenges is fixing the relationships I had messed up with the mistake I did in middle school. Not going school for one day without a reason was something I wouldn’t forget.  Teachers, parents, school staff, and friends had their ideas about me change to a negative state. I went through consequences to repay for what I have did. The teachers and office staff people had a personal talk with me. What they have said had brought me to heart to change to make better decisions. With my parents it felt awkward because they knew that I was a better person than that. In the end, I found that my friends were worried, and we made promises it would never happen again.

            I have volunteered my time to pay back what my community has done. After being on the track team for 3 years at my middle school, It was a friendly environment to be around with. I spend my after school hours helping out my former team to prepare for their environment. Even at a younger age I spent my time around my community. I became a junior leader and used my summer to help kids out where I was once in their position. During high school, I do more work than the usual to volunteer for the teachers, in plays, videos, or even clean ups.

            In Hawaii, I really haven’t been through discrimination. Here, many people are mixed and are from all over different places, such as japan, china, and other different states. Even though I don’t have experience with discrimination, I am prepared. I would try not to let it get to me and have it ruin my experience if I get the chance to be at this wonderful university. I hear that at Washington St. people don’t really bully or discriminate and community is friendly.

            Surviving in the mainland without my family is something always on my mind. I would want to get through my college years hear smoothly and feel comfortable like how I am at home. I plan to make friends and open myself to the community, by doing this; I would get the help I need. Another goal I have set for my self is to lead find what I would like to do in the future, ace all the work and get into the field that I have desired for. The mainland especially WSU, offers so many opportunities, it wouldn’t be a smart decision to miss this chance.

WSU has six writing requirements, presented as a single question. In College Essay Organizer, we break them up into single requirements, since their word counts are individually labeled:

• Leadership/group contributions: Describe examples of your leadership experience and share how you have significantly influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. Consider responsibilities you have taken for initiatives in or out of school.
• Knowledge or creativity in a field: Describe any of your special interests and how you have developed knowledge in these areas. Give examples of your creativity: the ability to see alternatives; take diverse perspectives; come up with many, varied, or original ideas; or willingness to try new things.
• Dealing with adversity: Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to address this challenge. Include whether you turned to anyone in facing that challenge, the role that person played, and what you learned about yourself.
• Community service: Explain what you have done to make your community a better place to live. Give examples of specific projects in which you have been involved over time.
• Handling systemic challenges: Describe your experiences facing or witnessing discrimination. Tell us how you responded and what you learned from those experiences and how they prepared you to contribute to the WSU community.
• Goals/task commitment: Articulate the goals you have established for yourself and your efforts to accomplish them. Give at least one specific example that demonstrates your work ethic/diligence.

Each of these requirements has a length of about a hundred words, which makes for a significant amount of writing, and perhaps more importantly, topic selection. As always, using College Essay Organizer's Essay RoadMap can show you how to cut down on the number of original essays you need to put together for multifaceted requirements such as this one.