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It will be easiest to think over your life chronologically. 1.________________________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________________________ 4._________________________________________________________________________________ 5._________________________________________________________________________________ 6.__________________________________________________________________________________ 7.__________________________________________________________________________________ 8.__________________________________________________________________________________ 9.___________________________________________________________________________________ 10.__________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Ask a few friends or family members to pick five adjectives or personality traits that characterize you. List them here: Friend or Family Member #1 1._________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________ 5._________________________________________ Friend or Family Member #2 1._________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________ 5._________________________________________ Friend or Family Member #3 1._________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________ 5._________________________________________ 3. List five accomplishments you have made over the last five years. (Do not limit yourself to accomplishments for which you have been formally recognized since the most interesting essays are often based on accomplishments that may have seemed insignificant at the time but become crucial when placed in the context of your life. 1._________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________ 5._________________________________________ 4. List three to five things on which you consider yourself very knowledgeable 1._________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________ 5._________________________________________ 5. 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