Before my high school career began, I didn’t truly understand what it meant to give 200% effort. However, through my Christian church, I learned exactly what that meant. In middle school, I desired to participate in the praise band that would lead the youth group in worship in order to serve the church and forge close relationships with individuals in the youth and English speaking congregations. In addition to writing a personal statement and completing an interview about my faith,...

Undergraduate essays can be really hard to do if you don't focus on it during the summer. Personally, I had a College Preparatory Writing teacher that helped me with my personal statement. Start drafting practice essays in the summer so that you'll know what to expect when a university gives you the essay prompts.

Focus more on writing the essays for your school. To get into University of Illinois, I had to write a personal statement of my experiences....

Using a private admissions counselor is extremely useful. Unlike admissions counselors from the public universities that you will be applying...

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS GET RECOMMENDATIONS EARLY. Your high school teachers will be extremely busy in the...

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was the right school for me. I visited this school many times...

After college I plan on working at an accounting or consulting firm such as Deloitte or Accenture. I would really like...