<p>Describe your academic and career plans and any special interests (for example, scientific research) that you are eager to pursue as an undergraduate at Indiana University. Also, share any unusual circumstances, challenges, or obstacles you have encountered in pursuit of your education and how you overcame them. (200-400 words)</p>
<p>Do you want to make this an interesting read, or literally just state everything you want to include?</p>
<p>Here is what I wrote:</p>
<p>As an undergraduate student at Indiana University, I hope to accomplish my goal of becoming a Certified Public Accountant by earning an undergraduate accounting degree from the Kelley School of Business. One of my goals while on campus is to live in the Kelley LLC so I can meet people with similar passions for business and accounting. I am an excellent and self-motivated high school student, and I expect this to continue into college. My main academic goals while I am at IU are to enroll in the Hutton Honors College and Kelley Honors programs, along with getting the best grades that I possibly can. I am a very intelligent student, and learn best when surrounded by similarly intelligent people. I want to challenge myself academically, and help other students learn and grow in the process.</p>
<p>In addition to my academic goals of excelling in the classroom, joining Kelley Honors, and joining the Hutton Honors College, I plan to be active in many student activities outside the classroom. I was a First Team All-State doubles player for the Fishers High School tennis team last season, and I plan to play club tennis while at IU. I am also very interested in investing and becoming a better investor, so I plan to join an investment club. In addition to these activities, I plan to do other activities such as intramural sports, and join other student organizations that I could contribute to.</p>
<p>Finally, my career goal is to become a Certified Public Accountant, and work at one of the Big Four accounting firms. I understand that the Kelley School of Business is very well respected and nationally recognized for its excellence. It is one of the many reasons why I want to go to IU. I know that I can contribute positively to Kelley, and work with other exceptional students to help each other succeed. These are all of my college goals that I currently have. I am sure that I will make and reach countless others while attending Indiana University. My family and I have been huge IU sports fans for a long time, and I have dreamed about attending IU for as long as I can remember. Please help me fulfill that dream. Thank you for reviewing this application and thank you for your time. </p>
<p>Also, an admissions rep came to my school and said that the essay isn’t a huge part of the admissions decision, but is more important in terms of scholarships. He said that a great essay will not get a poor student in, and you really have to screw up/not write the essay if you are a solid academic candidate.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>im unsure of my exact major so, do you think saying business is ok?</p>
<p>I am sure saying business would be fine. If you have some idea then you could just pick a major that you think you might choose but I doubt it matters. I think they are mainly just looking for writing skills </p>
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<li><p>If you have even the slightest interest in pursuing Business as a major at IU, then put down Business so you’ll be considered for Direct Admission to Kelley. That is of course if you meet their minimum requirements.</p></li>
<li><p>The personal statement quite frankly means VERY little to IU or any other big school with such high acceptance rates, so don’t sweat it. It appears only highly selective Ivy and Liberal Arts schools place a lot of emphasis on the essay these days, and even then it’s hard to tell how much.</p></li>
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<p>If you meet the IU GPA and Test Score requirements, you’ll be lucky if anyone at IU actually reads your statement unless it’s for scholarships or some other “extra” reason beyond admission. If you’ve got good stats, you’re in unless your essay is a total disaster of typos and bad grammar.</p>
<p>Get a 30 ACT an you are in. But save your essay for later because it is good. A little more about “world view” and experience might be good.</p>
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