Essay - Personal Admissions Statement to the Admissions Committee of York University:...

Personal Admissions Statement

To the ***** Committee of York University:

As a tr*****nsfer student, I am not new to the process ***** putting my life down on paper. This is ***** third time I ***** approaching a college, attempting to encapsulate my life in several paragraphs and ***** demonstrate ***** fitness as an applicant on *****. With every time ***** move do so, I f*****d myself reevaluating my previous experiences and academic performances anew, with a more m*****ture and hopefully a wiser light. Every time I ***** so, ***** seem like a slightly different person, ********** dare I say, a better person, or at least a more emotionally equipped person to deal with the stresses of life.

***** years seems both old to be writing a personal statement to a university, yet ***** know th*****t it is still young in comparison to many. Regardless, I *****fer ***** age, at least in relation ***** my fellow first-time students and ***** checkered experience at my first school, George Brown, as an asset to York ***** in Toronto, not as a detriment. I hope th***** the ********** ***** have gained for education ***** my subsequent improved performance at Hum*****r College will enhance, ***** detract from my qualities as an applic*****t.

Currently, I a college student at Humber College. Although I ***** been grateful for the opportunities that this college has given me to begin my academic career anew, I ***** ***** I need a more stimulating and challenging academic environment ***** realize ***** life's goals. I seek such an environment at ***** University in Toronto.

Any admissions officer who makes even a cursory sc***** of my transcript ***** note that I have done considerably better at Humber College, as opposed to my previous college of George Brown. *****n fact, my GPA at my l*****t college was 2.65 ***** ***** GPA at my current college is a 4.0. How could this be ***** same student, one might ask?

The reasons are less ***** than they are personal, although I do believe th***** I have considerably improved my work habits as a student. However, at the first school I *****tended, my grandmother passed away quite suddenly in the middle of ***** studies. My mother fell ill shortly after, suffer*****g a severe depression for almost half a year. ***** wished to leave school to c***** for her. Well-meaning friends and family advised me ***** stay ***** finish as best ***** I could, but my mind was never fully occupied with ***** studies, only with her. I left George Brown, soured to the place as a ********** because it ***** so full of memories of a p*****t ***** would prefer to forget.

***** helping my mo*****r through the difficult process ***** recovering ***** a major depression, I have become a mature human being as well as a ***** *****ppreciative student. I have cared for my mother as she ***** for **********, when I w***** a child. Now I am ready to ***** a student again, but not