<p>I’m applying to Stanford in a few weeks and I was hoping someone would read/grade my essay for me? </p>
<p>Thoughout my life, the studies and conversations I have engaged in
have cultivated many aspects of my persona to fashion me into the
affable person I consider myself to be today. Specifically, my keen
empathetic sense has been finely tuned to the point that I am able to
effectively aid people with their stuggles and hardships in the most
appropriate fashion. I do not consider myself conceited when I state
that I am able to establish cordial relations with any person,
regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, personality, or an array
of other factors. In my opinion, this ability of mine has been
indispensible in creating an aura of friendliness around me that is
highly conducive to productive activity.
I believe that this ability of mine is very prevalent to professional
and academic life. As a person who is open to input from others, I
believe that my skills would enable a group to cooperate effectively
on any matter requiring a collective effort. Without being
chauvinistic or narcissistic, I exude a semblance of confidence that
allows me to be unfazed in especially strenuous or competitive
situations. I find that the people I work with tend to be much less
timid and more open to discussion when I am there to make them
comfortable in a group setting. I have noticed over the years that
people have amazing skills and abilities that are never shared with
the rest of the world due to their own shyness or insecurities.
Although these flaws cannot be blamed enitrely upon them, I have found
that simply being an affable person encourages these gifted people to
cast off the chains of reservation in order to contribute their wares
of knowledge to the rest of the world.
For instance, in the summer of 2011, I was accepted to the California
State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) at the
University of California San Diego; I lived on campus for a month and
engaged in a variety of computer programming courses with fellow
students. Throughout the course of the program, I worked on many
interactive, collaborative projects with many brilliant students of
similar age from across the country. However, as the program
progressed, I noticed certain disparities between myself and my peers.
Although they were superbly intelligent people, I found that their
competition to achieve the highest honors tended to reach exorbitant
levels and ultimately marred the efforts of the group as a whole.
Using my empathetic abilities, I found myself able to encourage my
groupmates to compromise between themselves on projects and facilitate
an effective working environment. Specifically, I found that
preventing any one person from dominating the discussion while
simulataneously emboldening the more meek group members to state their
opinions resulted in a more satisfying outcomes. Therefore, although I
was not the most brilliant programmer of the group, I was able to
contribute effectively by convincing people to be cooperative and
considerate, which led to more fufilling and less divisive
accomplishments throughout the duration of the COSMOS program. I hope
to be able to facilitate similar results in many collaborative efforts
in the future.</p>