a 500-word essay in which you will write about a personal belief or about your own professional aspirations. To keep this essay within the word limit, tight and focused, however, requires some pre-writing, drafting, and editing. Each of your projects after this will require that you, meaning you will identify the information that you need, locate it, assess its validity for your purposes, and be able to synthesize information, and communicate your ideas in a .

for the Essay:

Cover sheet will be in . Please view the short video. There is no need for an abstract, citations, or a references page. More information on can be found on the library webpage under Writing and Citing“>https://libguides.umgc.edu/apa-examples.

First paragraph: Begin the essay with a TOPIC sentence that clearly identifies your CORE belief and connects it to the heading. Reader should be able to figure out your core belief in first three sentences. Introduce the reader to what is meant by it, define and explain it in the rest of the paragraph. Conclude this and all paragraphs with a sentence that provides a bridge to the next paragraph (linking sentence).

Second paragraph: Discuss the roots of this belief, how was it formed, what makes it your core belief. Develop the rest of the paragraph by grounding the belief in specific events of your life (events that demonstrate the application of belief).

Concluding paragraph:Reiterate the core belief and its significance, explain how you see its influence in moving forward and specifically how it may help you in your coursework.