Risky Business Essay

            Teen trends online such as video games or social media can cause the actions of teens to be reckless and their decisions making to be what everyone else does. Teens will also want to attract themselves to others.

            In the online world, it is a great place to express the vision of them without having to do it in person. Teens can follow up on what they see all over the Internet and can join the trend anytime they want. On social networking such as vine, YouTube, or instagram, you can make new friends and even set a new idea of how someone thinks of you. About 93% of teens according to PewResearchCenter go online everyday. These people are open to the new mindset of the generation and will be likely to dress, and try new things what everyone else are doing. When there are good things happening there are cons to these situations. It may risk your life, your attitude, and even the relationships you have with people.

            Online shopping has brought 35.6 million people to buying their clothes and merchandises online. About 50% of people said that social media influenced them to buy online. A lot of these teens aren’t loyal to the brands that they buy and buy a different variety of clothing. Many of them wants to dress like the people that are known and dress like what everyone that you see in the malls or when you go out with friends. Top sites like amazon or Nike targets these teens and promote it so everyone would crave for it.  Online shopping isn’t right for people because anyone can buy anything to have the “in-thing”. They shouldn’t change what they wear because of looking different then anyone else. Online shopping also has its good side because many people can buy things for cheap when buying the same item in their community is twice as much. It helps family have a higher standard of living.

            A huge trend that is growing in the world is video games. About 67% of U.S house holds play video games. When people play it allows them to express and release their feelings in the virtual world. Teens playing violent games such as Call of duty increase their aggressive thoughts and their feeling of empathy towards other. Video games shouldn’t be played a lot which makes the teen get addicted to it and wont be useful of what they could be doing.

            Teen Trends online effects what the teens do. When one trend dies, a new one will always pop up. When people try to stay original, they aren’t because that person is copying someone that they think is cool. They dress and do the things that other teens whose popular are doing.

English Paragraphs

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 For 4 years now, not seeing his own children, not even being able to be there for the youngest son’s 1st birthday, it was now the time. As he raced across the basketball field, the only thing in his mind was how ecstatic his children will be for the next few weeks. All he can think about is how long he has never seen them how not even thinking of leaving.

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  After all the training that the docile team went through, they never want the outcome to be insipid as their last game. As the crowed jeered for the game winning point, the team couldn’t afford to be on their temerity side. It ended with the team captains spiking towards the opponent’s face and that’s when crowds rear took over the gigantic stadium.

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 After giving her victim an alcoholic libation, it was now time to get her wrathful revenge. Her victim, being the dogmatic person he is, refused to stay still. So she taped his babbling mouth shut. Then, without hesitation, he shot him across the temple of his mouth. she then just sat their seeing his light red blood seeping down his face.

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 After all the training that the docile went through, they couldn't afford to lose this one game. Every play that the team has executed, the crowd jeered to see who would win the finals. But one player has changed the outcome of the game. With 6 seconds remaining and the scores tied, Kobe Bryant took the final shot. The game ended with the opponent team who suddenly went on their temerity side. Kobe Bryant made history with his historical peformance.



5. When night came abroad, Jessica couldn't sleep right away. The ignominy tended to be on her mind. A libration made her emaciated. Jessica pushed her friend off the balcony without knowing what she was doing. After this happened, that is when Jessica became castigated.

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.

Coming of Age Poster Draft

College prompts

Georgetown

ESSAY QUESTIONS

Responses to two essay prompts are required parts of the Application for Admission: Part Two. Anticipating you would like to know the questions in advance to allow yourself sufficient time to craft your essays, we are happy to provide you with the prompts. (Please note that you must submit a completed Part Two of the application by the deadline; we provide the prompts in advance as a courtesy.)

ESSAY ONE (ALL APPLICANTS):

As Georgetown is a diverse community, the Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you.

ESSAY TWO (SPECIFIC TO THE ONE SCHOOL TO WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING):

Applicants to Georgetown College: Please relate your interest in studying at Georgetown University to your goals. How do these thoughts relate to your chosen course of study? (If you are applying to major in the FLL or in a science, please specifically address those interests.)

Applicants to the School of Nursing & Health Studies: Describe the factors that have influenced your interest in studying health care. Please specifically address your intended major (Health Care Management & Policy, Human Science, International Health, Nursing).

Applicants to the Walsh School of Foreign Service: Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it.

Applicants to the McDonough School of Business: Describe the factors that have influenced your interest in studying business.

USC

USC uses the Common Application, which will ask you to write an essay in response to one of the prompts shown below. Your essay should be approximately 250-500 words and demonstrate your ability to express yourself in a clear, organized manner. This will help admission counselors get to know you and assess how well you might fit in at USC.

• Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
• Discuss some issue of personal, local, national or international concern and its importance to you.
• Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
• Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
• A range of academic interests, personal perspectives and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
• Topic of your choice

Washington St.

A. Personal Statement (Required)

The Personal Statement is our best means of getting to know you and your best means of creating a context for your academic performance. When you write your personal statement, tell us about those aspects of your life that are not apparent from your academic record. Tell us about the experiences that don’t show up on your transcript:

• a character-defining moment,
• the cultural awareness you’ve developed,
• a challenge faced,
• a personal hardship or barrier overcome.

Directions

Choose either A or B. Please do not exceed 650 words.

A. Discuss how your family’s experience or cultural history enriched you or presented you with opportunities or challenges in pursuing your educational goals.

OR

B. Tell us a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.

Tips

• Some of the best statements are written as personal stories. We welcome your imaginative interpretation.
• You may define experience broadly. For example, in option B, experience could be a meeting with an influential person, a news story that spurred you to action, a family event, or something that might be insignificant to someone else that had particular meaning for you. If you don’t think that any one experience shaped your character, don’t worry. Simply choose an experience that tells us something about you.

B. Short Response (Required)

Directions

Choose one of the following two topics and write a short essay. Please do not exceed 500 words.

1. The University of Washington seeks to create a community of students richly diverse in cultural backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. How would you contribute to this community?
2. Describe an experience of cultural difference or insensitivity you have had or observed. What did you learn from it?

Tip

• You may define culture broadly in Topic #2. For example, it may include ethnicity, customs, values, and ideas, all of which contribute to experiences that students can share with others in college. As you reply to this question, reflect on what you have learned — about yourself and society — from an experience of cultural difference.

C. Additional Information About Yourself or Your Circumstances (Optional)

Directions

Recommended length: Please do not exceed 250 words.

You are not required to write anything in this section, but feel free to include additional information if something has particular significance to you. For example, you may use this space if:

• You are hoping to be placed in a specific major soon
• A personal or professional goal is particularly important to you
• You have experienced personal hardships in attaining your education
• Your activities have been limited because of work or family obligations
• Unusual limitations or opportunities unique to the schools you attended

D. Additional Space (Optional)

Directions

You may use this space if you need to further explain or clarify answers you have given elsewhere in this application, or if you wish to share information that may assist the Office of Admissions. If appropriate, include the application question number to which your comment(s) refer. Please do not exceed 150 words.

E. Journal of Activities & Achievements

Directions

Using the grid provided on the application, identify and describe up to five of your most significant activities and achievements during grades 9-12. Write about why this activity or achievement had meaning for you. Tell us about your highest level of achievement or honor you attained; any responsibilities you had; and the contribution you believe you made to your school, community, or organization. Don’t just describe the activity or achievement: tell us what it says about you.

Recommended length: 100-200 words for each activity.

Your journal should include activities, skills, achievements, or qualities from any of the following categories:

• Leadership in or outside of school-e.g., athletics, student government, cultural clubs, band, scouting, community service, employment
• Activities in which you have worked to better your school or community
• Exceptional achievement in an academic field or artistic pursuit
• Personal endeavors that enrich the mind-e.g., independent research or reading, private dance or music lessons, weekend language/culture school

Format for the Writing SectionA. Personal Statement (Required)

The Personal Statement is our best means of getting to know you and your best means of creating a context for your academic performance. When you write your personal statement, tell us about those aspects of your life that are not apparent from your academic record. Tell us about the experiences that don’t show up on your transcript:

• a character-defining moment,
• the cultural awareness you’ve developed,
• a challenge faced,
• a personal hardship or barrier overcome.

Directions

Choose either A or B. Please do not exceed 650 words.

A. Discuss how your family’s experience or cultural history enriched you or presented you with opportunities or challenges in pursuing your educational goals.

OR

B. Tell us a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.

Tips

• Some of the best statements are written as personal stories. We welcome your imaginative interpretation.
• You may define experience broadly. For example, in option B, experience could be a meeting with an influential person, a news story that spurred you to action, a family event, or something that might be insignificant to someone else that had particular meaning for you. If you don’t think that any one experience shaped your character, don’t worry. Simply choose an experience that tells us something about you.

B. Short Response (Required)

Directions

Choose one of the following two topics and write a short essay. Please do not exceed 500 words.

1. The University of Washington seeks to create a community of students richly diverse in cultural backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. How would you contribute to this community?
2. Describe an experience of cultural difference or insensitivity you have had or observed. What did you learn from it?

Tip

• You may define culture broadly in Topic #2. For example, it may include ethnicity, customs, values, and ideas, all of which contribute to experiences that students can share with others in college. As you reply to this question, reflect on what you have learned — about yourself and society — from an experience of cultural difference.

C. Additional Information About Yourself or Your Circumstances (Optional)

Directions

Recommended length: Please do not exceed 250 words.

You are not required to write anything in this section, but feel free to include additional information if something has particular significance to you. For example, you may use this space if:

• You are hoping to be placed in a specific major soon
• A personal or professional goal is particularly important to you
• You have experienced personal hardships in attaining your education
• Your activities have been limited because of work or family obligations
• Unusual limitations or opportunities unique to the schools you attended

D. Additional Space (Optional)

Directions

You may use this space if you need to further explain or clarify answers you have given elsewhere in this application, or if you wish to share information that may assist the Office of Admissions. If appropriate, include the application question number to which your comment(s) refer. Please do not exceed 150 words.

E. Journal of Activities & Achievements

Directions

Using the grid provided on the application, identify and describe up to five of your most significant activities and achievements during grades 9-12. Write about why this activity or achievement had meaning for you. Tell us about your highest level of achievement or honor you attained; any responsibilities you had; and the contribution you believe you made to your school, community, or organization. Don’t just describe the activity or achievement: tell us what it says about you.

Recommended length: 100-200 words for each activity.

Your journal should include activities, skills, achievements, or qualities from any of the following categories:

• Leadership in or outside of school-e.g., athletics, student government, cultural clubs, band, scouting, community service, employment
• Activities in which you have worked to better your school or community
• Exceptional achievement in an academic field or artistic pursuit
• Personal endeavors that enrich the mind-e.g., independent research or reading, private dance or music lessons, weekend language/culture school

Format for the Writing Section

• Content as well as spelling, grammar, and punctuation are considered.
• If you’re applying online, compose in a word processing program such as Word, then copy and paste into the windows provided. Double-spacing, italics, and other formatting will be lost, but this will not affect the evaluation of your application.
• We've observed that most students write a polished formal essay for the Personal Statement yet submit a more casual Short Response and Journal of Activities & Achievements. Give every part of the Writing Section your very best effort, presenting yourself in standard, formal English.
• Proffreed, proofreed, PROOFREAD

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Coming of age: Final essay

After youth church service was done, nighttime has come. By then, it was probably 7:00 P.M. Seeing all the people go in cars and ride away with their bikes, my older brother and 2 cousins wanted to walk home instead. Here in Kalihi? A prison, housings, random shops surround us, and of course the different variety of people we don’t know about. Even though I was 13, I was scared out of my mind. I never know how Kalihi would be dangerous. I agreed to them because I thought to myself they would protect me. Letting my mom know was the right thing to do, but they told me to not worry.

            I was still nervous knowing that this was my first time walking at night here in my own neighborhood.  Although, we decided to walk, they wanted to stay longer. Seeing my brother talk to people, two cousins playing ball with the hoop they had, I felt we weren’t going to walk home but instead get picked up. I told them let’s go, looking at my phone it was 9 P.M.. My phone filled with missed calls by my mom. My brother texted back, lying, and saying we were getting dropped off by friends. I just wanted to go home already.

            As I was going to text my mom what happened, he said finally said all their good byes and we started walking away from church properties. During our walk in Kalihi, hardly any other people were walking at this time. My heart started to beat fast in this dark environment, all of our phones were dead. We had to finish the walk without getting picked up. I have seen couple of people laying down on the floor, people who didn’t look normal, and people doing their own typical things that I see during the day. I knew these people were unfortunate; their lives were harsh, nothing that I could compare to them.

            We tried walking the safest direction, but everywhere was still the same. My cousin said to me to not walk close to him. He was also questioning to me about the clothes  that i am wearing. Thinking in mind why red is bad. We got closer to the street where I live. My brother told me lets cross through KPT. I didn’t event know that place was even dangerous or safe. But I knew not to agree. We continued to walk and I still questioned why red is so bad since I was wearing red shoes and a slipper. One of my cousin told me to walk all bad, jokingly I did. A man across the street suddenly yelled at us saying “you one blood yea, HI!" You think your bad? Come here!” I questioned myself what’s a blood. The man in light blue continued to say these things and started to walk faster towards us. The first person to run was my brother. After that we all started running. I turned around, 2 other guys were with that horrid man, staring and sticking the unnecessary finger at us.

            We ran home as fast as we could. Everything on my mind was “what just happened” Realizing what these people are and what they go through, I don’t want my lifestyle to end up like that. I told my mom the story and the first thing she told me…”Get out of Kalihi and move to the mainland.” After this incident happened, i looked at life a little differently. Seeing all the people i seen, being near them, having to go through this everyday was caused by the choices they made. It was also cause by choices they should not have done. I reflected back at the huge problems that I caused. If I continue to be a person that just don't care, all these problems stack up and affect, my future. Now, I am more aware of what I do and my surroundings. I try do what is best for me, and being on guard in whenever situations are about to happen. 

      

ESSAY

After youth church service was done, nighttime has come. By then, it was probably 7:00 P M. Seeing all the people go in cars and ride away with their bikes, my older brother and 2 cousins wanted to walk home instead. Here in Kalihi? A prison, housings, random shops surround us, and of course the different variety of people we don’t know about. Being a young boy, I was scared out of my mind. I never know how Kalihi would be dangerous. I agreed to them because I thought to myself they would protect me. Letting my mom know was the right thing to do, but they told me to not worry.

            I was still nervous knowing that this was my first time walking at night here in my own neighborhood.  Although, we decided to walk, they wanted to stay longer. Seeing my bro talk to people, two cousins playing ball with the hoop they had, I felt we weren’t going to walk home but instead get picked up. I told them let’s go, looking at my phone it was 9 o clock. My phone filled with missed calls by my mom. My brother texted back, lying, and saying we were getting dropped off by friends. I just wanted to go home already.

            As I was going to text my mom what happened, he said finally said all their good byes and we started walking away from church properties. During our walk in Kalihi, hardly any other people were walking at this time. My heart beating fast in this dark environment, all of our phones were dead. We had to finish the walk without getting picked up. I have seen couple of people laying down on the floor, people who didn’t look normal, and people doing their own typical things that I see during the day. I knew these people were unfortunate; their lives were harsh, nothing that I could compare to them.

            We tried walking the safest direction, but everywhere was still the same. My cousin joked to me saying to get away, why are you even wearing red. Thinking in mind why red is bad. We got closer to the street where I live. My brother told me lets cross through KPT. I didn’t event know that place was even dangerous or safe. But I knew not to agree. We continued to walk and I still questioned why red is so bad since I was wearing red shoes and a slipper. One of my cousin told me to walk all bad, jokingly I did. A man across the street suddenly yelled at us saying “you one blood yea, HI! You think your bad? Come here!” I questioned myself what’s a blood. The man in light blue continued to say these things and started to walk faster towards us. The first person to run was my bro. After that we all started running. I turned around, 2 other guys were with that horrid man, staring and sticking the unnecessary finger. W

            We ran home as fast as we could. Everything on my mind was “what just happened” Realizing what these people are and what they go through, I don’t want my lifestyle to end up like that. I told my mom the story and the first thing she told me…”Get out of Kalihi and move to the mainland.”