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A 3 page essay in which the writer offers a student suggestions on how to write an admissions essay that stresses environmental stewardship. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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committees are interested, first of all, in indications that the student has the skills and background to be successful with a specific degree program. Secondly, admissions committees are interested in
indications of the students character, drive and motivation. For example, adjusting stated facts to reflect the students personal experience, the student may choose to wrote something like the following:
The orientation of the University of Delaware towards the environment fits perfectly with my own outlook, as I am very involved with pursing sustainable solutions to the environmental problems that
face the planet. In my home I recycle as a routine measure, but I have also participated within my community on campaigns to promote recycling. For example, I participated in
a program that collected out-dated phone books for recycling, rather than adding these huge books to the local landfills. As a student at the University of Delaware, I plan to
become involved in student organizations that pursue green objectives, such as Students for the Environment. In this vein, the student can go on to write about the various avenues
that are open to students who want to make a difference on environmental issues, as there are numerous ways in which social activism can be encouraged on the local
level. For example, Delaware North is a company that "recycles 33 different materials" that are collected at Yosemite National Park, which results in the "diversion of 43 percent of its
solid waste stream" from going into local landfills" (King 23). The student might propose helping to organize fellow UD students, through organizations such as Students for the Environment, on projects
that would address tourist waste around local city and state parks. Sources show that todays young people are just as aware, if not more so, as their parents were
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