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I have to write a personal statement for a college application and have no idea what to do. You're supposed to write about your experiences that make you qualified like participating ing extra-caricular activities or volunteering. Unfortunately I missed most of these opportunities in high school due to a serious ongoing illness. Other people I've asked say to just write about my disease and how I overcame it to graduate, but I'm having a hard time trying to turn that into an essay. Those years of my life were dark and depressing, and I'd honestly be lying if I said I overcame my disease without so much help from other people.
Do I just have to lie and bullshit my way through it despite the guilt?
I Have above their average accepted gap and sat scores but I'm worried if I don't nail this I may not get in which would be terrible for me.
Any help or advice much appreciated
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Youre over thinking it... like you said right about your disease, the struggles its caused you, and how youre fighting through/over comming it. Also write about how you came to choose your major. Like what influenced you. For example if you got depression but art helps you feel better, write about that.
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>>18062907
Also what kind of opening sentence should I use?
And how long do you think it should be?
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I've always found it super weird that American universities require you to write these things. Do they even read them all?
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>>18062920
Well my country has your university entrance determined entirely on a single score you get at the end of high school. Your final year of schooling accounts of 50% of it, the end of high school exam month (you'll only be tested on a few days within it) accounts for another 50%.
This leads to heavy stress amongst students in their last year. Perhaps this way its less stressful for American students?
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>>18062927
My country has standardised education across the board and you get into uni by basically passing high school. It's a combination of work you do throughout the year and/or exams.
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>>18062933
You can get into uni by basically passing high school as well over here, but your final mark determines which degree you can get into.
You can get into an arts degree with a mark of 70 (out of 100 essentially) at an average uni for example but need around 99/100 to do a medical degree at the top uni
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>>18062941
Where I live, you can get into (most) degrees by just passing. More specialised and 'coveted' degrees like law, medicine and engineering have limited number of students who can get through to second, and sometimes third, year though.
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