Entry 4: Tables Turned

In the near future you will be writing short essays in the effort to convince a college admissions officer to accept your application. Put yourself in his or her position. Think about the kind of person you would want to have at your institution. What qualities are you looking for? What warning signs are you looking for in people to turn down? Using specific details describe the perfect applicant, then give reasons why those details are important.

• The people who are mostly likely wanted at an institution of a job would have the following qualities. First, they should be somewhat intelligent. Having the knowledge to do a certain task, or having the knowledge for problem solving and critical thinking is very important. The second quality is that the person has to be responsible. Responsibility would allow trust relationships to be formed. The third quality is that a person has to be sensitive. And when talking about sensitive, it is not in the sense that a person cannot receive constructive criticism. Instead, the sensitive mentioned here means that the person has the ability to deal with different incidents, act accordingly under different circumstances, and adapt to new situations. The fourth quality, one that most people would want from their superiors and peers, is respect. Respecting other people earns you trust, as well as friendship. The last quality, I believe, is creativity. People should be able to think outside of the box to be successful.
• Warning sign that tell us that we should turn down people include arrogance, disrespect, and cowardliness. When people are arrogant and disrespectful, they make people dislike them and unassociate with them. Also, if people are afraid and are cowards, then they can't take up a leadership role.