Personal Experience Essay Examples

For this portfolio I will be putting focus on an important word that is fitting in life that we are living in, in the university setting and particularly in our field of medicine as a study and career. Back in grade three while in a piano lesson, every time I played a wrong note I…

My regional, corporate peers would likely agree with the following statement: UNC Charlotte consistently produces quality, talented graduates from their many disciplines, including business, engineering, health and human services, the sciences and more. However, what my peers and I have not consistently seen in the applicant pool (from any institution) is talent specifically cross-trained in…

He was looking especially gorgeous that day with the sun bathing him in a golden pool. My heart began its usual fluttering as I walked in the class. Mrs Kirk had already started,”What’s the excuse this time Heather?””Pardon miss?” I said with the sweetest voice. I knew Ben would be looking round so I did…

            I realized that being alive at this time is something that I have to be grateful about. I see that life changes quickly in a stressful way to be fully interacting in a world where people are greatly suffering from all kinds of varied natural and man made adversities. I was assigned in a…

On August 15th, 2016, I checked off skydiving from my bucket list after eagerly anticipating the day and struggling to sleep the night before. To prepare for this unforgettable adventure, both my partner and best friend joined me in a two-hour class where we learned all the necessary information. We were excited to document our…

In Rene Descartes Part One of the Discourse On The Method, Descartes discusses and questions his educational upbringing. Descartes proclaims that he received a great Jesuit education that promised to provide him with knowledge of everything important. Descartes says that the more he learned the more he began to question himself, and that the more…

I chose to swallow the red pill, spiraling deep into our family’s rabbit hole. I wanted to see these strangers with my own eyes, study their expressions, and decipher the truth for myself. As the door swung open, they were gazing back at me, this gathering of impeccably dressed, beautiful, prestigious people. A family, including…

For my whole life, I have been making decisions. Whether they were small or big, there will always be decisions. Earlier I was deciding whether I should start my essay or continue watching my dramas, but I chose to start this essay instead because that is the right decision. And if we really think about…

When you are a 10 year-old kid, you feel like you are on top of the world! You are finally in the double digits- nothing can bring you down. It was my first Halloween feeling this way. So excited, ready to go out and conquer the brightly decorated streets of my grandparent’s neighborhood. I look…

I lay under the bed, quietly, breathing our through my nose in long, controlled breathing. I knew they were coming. They had me cornered like a starving animal. The memories of my life started flashing before my eyes. Papa Moss, Vietnam, Carla Jean, the dying Mexican in the truck; All those events had led to…