Application

We would like to know more about you and your interest in becoming a counselor. Please address each of the following questions to thebestofyourability. Pleasegivecarefulthoughttoyouranswers.Considertheseformalessays,payingattentiontoclarityofthought, grammar, and punctuation. Write your answers out on paper or type them on a computer and carefully edit them before you complete this form. _ANSWER BOTH_ 1. Please describe a time when you were able to appreciate another person’s viewpoint even if you did not agree with the person. We are interested in how you reacted psychologically and how you responded to the other person, not the particulars of the topic on which you disagreed. (Please provide a specific example) 2. Openness to feedback from instructors is an essential component of growth during a graduate counseling program. Please describe a time when you received feedback that was difficult for you to hear. What were your initial reactions and how were you able to work through those initial reactions in order to act upon the feedback given? (Please provide a specific example)

4. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced. (Within 350 words, feel free to let me know if you have any question) Things to consider: An educational opportunity can be anything that has added value to your educational experience and better prepared you for college. For example, participation in an honors or academic enrichment program, or enrollment in an academy that’s geared toward an occupation or a major, or taking advanced courses that interest you — just to name a few.  If you choose to write about educational barriers you’ve faced, how did you overcome or strive to overcome them? What personal characteristics or skills did you call on to overcome this challenge? How did overcoming this barrier help shape who you are today? My source: Everyone has their ideas, and the relationship between dreams and reality is always cruel. It is often more challenging to give up their ideals because of fact, but I still want to fight for my dreams. That night three years ago, I gave up everything I had in China and came to the United States with my family. When I came to Los Angeles to face life’s challenges and the balance between the study, I seemed to go back to ten years ago, that teenager who was once passionate and dedicated to computer and science. I firmly believe that the door of science will open for me again. The purpose of chasing a bachelor’s degree is not to win many titles, but to return to a place and give me an inner strength when I am beaten back into the quagmire by life. Despite my enthusiasm for computer sciences, I’m not the teenager I used to be. I’m a father of a two-year-old girl. I should give her more company and love when she was growing up. I owe her so much. To not let her quality of life decline, I have to make money in my spare time. Maybe in the eyes of many people, I am not a good father. I should not pursue my major selfishly and continue my studies in the United States while neglecting my daughter’s care. However, my opinion is different from that of most people. I firmly believe that my efforts and success will become my daughter’s confidence in the future. I am painting a future picture for her, setting a heroic example, and creating a dream within reach. My computer science talent and my success in the past have given me a kind of elite arrogance. With the change of times and the rapid development of scientific and technological innovation, I face more difficulties returning to the beginning. But for the sake of my ideal, I am willing to explore the unknowns of my future. Therefore, I strive to transfer to the university for further study in the shortest possible time and continuously strengthen and update my technical level.  I can grow into a better human being and a humbler scholar as a father. The cruelty of life may occasionally disappoint those who work hard, but it will not disappoint those who have been working hard all the time.

Provide a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) no longer than one page, with 1.5 spacing, using font Times New Roman, and font size 12. The SOQ must be in paragraph format.   The SOQ should demonstrate your ability to use problem resolution skills, critical thinking, analytical skills, and customer driven results.

Introduction: a. Hook b. Background Information c. Thesis Statement: Arguments 1 & 2 2.Body 1: Argument 1 a. topics sentences/mini-intro of Argument 1 b. Example 1/Supporting Detail 1 c. Example 2/Supporting Detail 2 d. Example 3/Supporting Detail 3 e. mini-conclusion/transition: restate the argument1 3.Body 2: Argument 2 a. topics sentences/mini-intro of Argument 2 b. Example 1/Supporting Detail 1 c. Example 2/Supporting Detail 2 d. Example 3/Supporting Detail 3 e. mini-conclusion/transition: restate the argument2 4.Body 3: Counter-Argument(s) a. topics sentences/mini-intro of Counter-Argument(s) b. Example 1/Supporting Detail 1 c. Example 2/Supporting Detail 2 e. Rebuttal: support Argument 5.Conclusion

This is a essay for the acting school I’m signing up for and I have to write about 3 qualities Required to be successful in an acting career and how I embody them. They are tenacity, patience, and hard work and how do I embody them.