<p>Just wondering what you guys/girls wrote about.</p>
<p>Did you base most on where you're from, your greatest experiences in life, a cross-cultural experience of some sort or why you want to go to America, etc.?</p>
<p>tam jizn halyava. shutka. of course for education.and of course the best universities r in US.</p>
<p>Hello Pavel,</p>
<p>I found this link with some sample essays. I hope it'll be helpful. I also read the book Essays that will get you into college. </p>
<p>tip on all those books with sample essays...i personally think it's not such a great idea to read them before hand, cause your essays may reflect some of the ideas you read about and reduce the creativity that you may be aiming for in a college essay! My best advice is to write about something you feel strongly about, an experience that has changed your outlook on things etc. Be as creative as you can, cause thats always a plus!
My essays was about centralized around diversity, thats always something great to write about as an international student!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, vesselina, it's helpful. I'm just looking at different writing styles, I'm not going to steal anyone's ideas, since my essay will be very unique (a Russian living in Thailand, heh).</p>
<p>that will be unique!!!! How long you been living in Thailand for?</p>
<p>I'm glad you find the link useful, Pavel :)</p>
<p>I support the idea of reading sample college essays before actually writing your own for several reasons. First of all, those sample essays can be inspirational in many ways. At least they were for me when I began the first drafts of my essay. I noticed how the more I read, the more ideas I had about my personal statement. Also, I had a clearer vision of what a successful essay is like. And even though I had some examples of excellent writing, I wasn't tempted to plagiarize. Instead, I decided to write an essay that would be totally different from the ones I had read. So, for me the approach to get familiar with college essays turned out to be rather beneficial. But tamy was right to caution you not to be tempted to steal something and thus lose your originality.</p>
<p>By the way, I think you can make a good story out of your life in Russia and Thailand :)</p>
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that will be unique!!!! How long you been living in Thailand for?
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13 years and, regrettably, I do not speak Thai. I just know enough to get by (I call it Thaiglish), since my father was a major in Thai language/history, so he does all the dirty work.
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By the way, I think you can make a good story out of your life in Russia and Thailand
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Thanks. I do have some aces up my sleeve like finishing high school at 15, already finishing 2 semesters in an American college in Thailand, etc., but I'm aiming for the sky, so it's still going to be tough convincing the admissions without being able to visit (you really need to meet me to get to know me).</p>
<p>Got any other useful links?</p>
<p>Have you checked the college websites to see if any admission officers will be in the area? I was lucky enough to have the international officers come to the country I was residing in, and getting the opportunity to talk to them! It helps alot, cause asides from my essays, I had met someone who could give the other admission officers an insight of the kind of person I was.</p>