Essay Topic:

College applicant portraying his “potential classmate”.

Essay Questions:

How do diverse backgrounds and experiences influence the communication of different students?

What are the specific traits of a potential college classmate?

Why is the ability to communicate so important in college?

Thesis Statement:

I believe, that to make the interaction between the students more productive in the sphere of experience exchange I can draw the “portrait” of a potential classmate that I truly believe I will learn from. The cultural background of the “classmate” has no real importance it can be a person from any country and any religion.

College Admission Essay-classmate portrait

Introduction: The time that the students spend in college is the time when every single second should be dedicated to getting more knowledge and experience. Of course, books can give us a lot of information about culture, economy and the experiences of other countries. As studying in college is one of the main ways leading to the accomplishment of my academic and career goals I need this information and I do get it from books. Nevertheless, the best ways to get the knowledge about any country are obtained through having encounters between students with diverse backgrounds and experiences .A student gets significantly more information from live experience and in addition to that he learns how to interact with different people performing different cultures. College is a perfect place for this cultural exchange and making conclusions on the basis of the experiences learned. Understanding the culture and the experiences of people of different backgrounds is the key to seeing the advantages and disadvantages of what we have now. And this concerns any sphere of life and every field of science. I believe, that to make the interaction between the students more productive in the sphere of experience exchange I can draw the “portrait” of a potential classmate that I truly believe I will learn from. The cultural background of the “classmate” has no real importance it can be a person from any country and any religion.

Nevertheless, it has to be a person that is not superficial in his views but can motivate each of the statements he or she makes. A person that does truly know and deeply understand his own culture and does not feel superior over the other students. This classmate is always eager to share his opinion and to face confrontation in class in the first place. It is widely known that the opinion forms according to the experience of a person. And it will be especially cognitive and interesting to hear the opinion of this classmate and to organize a discussion on the given topic. It has to be a person who is not afraid to speak his mind in public, a confident person able to oppose and with a strong system of values to prevent conformism. To support this type of discussions, especially during informal interactions a potential classmate also needs to show understanding towards the experience of other people, respecting it. The primary goal of the encounters with this classmate will be learning new aspects in different fields of knowledge that can somewhat improve the knowledge I already have. At the same time he needs to be able to learn to and to compromise when it is required.

Conclusion: In other words it has to be a very flexible person with very strong academic knowledge and various experiences. Such a classmate can make the time spend in college unforgettable and very “saturated” with useful information. But to achieve this we all need to show an ability to communicate with people of different cultural backgrounds, different life experiences and points of view. Having the classmate with the qualities above will keep my experience in college on the most possible level productivity.