Goal
During your education you will most likely be writing a Personal Statement. This could be for a scholarship or applying for transfer to a university. For this assignment, I’d like for you to consider applying for scholarships/transfer and to write your Personal Statement needed when applying for scholarships/transfer.
Every semester, Cuyamaca and Grossmont offer scholarships in which there is a deadline to apply. There are also outside scholarships to apply to as well. Every fall semester, many students apply to California State Universities (CSU), University of California (UC) and/or private schools for transfer. At some point in your educational journey, you will need to write a Personal Statement.
Instructions
Choose ONE of the Personal Statement topics below for this Discussion.
Choices – Describe a situation where you made positive or impactful choice that helped shape you into the person you are today. (Applicant must demonstrate a proper use of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Answer must be between 100 and 200 words).
Career Goals – Please tell us about your career goals and how your education at Grossmont/Cuyamaca College will help you meet those goals. (Applicant must demonstrate a proper use of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Answer must be between 100 and 200 words).
Choose a Personal Statement Question you’d like to answer for this discussion. Hint: there are 8 questions to choose from when you click the UC Personal statement (Insight) website below. You can choose one of these questions. You can also use any question you find at a private university and/or scholarship you choose to find on your own. Whatever Personal Statement Question you choose, your answer needs to be between 100 and 200 words).
GCCCD Scholarship Website
Cuyamaca Scholarship Website
Grossmont Scholarship Website
University of California Personal Statement (Insight) Website
TIP: Every semester, Grossmont/Cuyamaca offers Scholarships to students. Click on the links above to start your Scholarship Application FOR REAL!
Please include the question that you will respond to in this discussion. Happy Writing!
Submission
Click on “REPLY” to write your Personal Statement. Please submit your initial discussion post by Thursday at 11:59 pm. After you have posted, you will see other student posts.
Write two responses to other student posts (respond to two different student posts). Each response post needs to be 200 words. A response post can include similarities you noticed, suggestions that have helped you personally and/or questions you may have. Submit two responses to other student posts by Sunday at 11:59 pm.
Please circle back to the responses on your post for maximum credit in the Discussion. See rubric for details.