Please write an essay of at least 1500 words. Please incorporate material from up to four sources. Use a single sentence thesis and organize the essay around the IBC structure. Use a formal, objective style and a third person perspective. Use the APA layout. Please choose a specific academic program at a four-year school, and explain what a student would need to do be a successful participant in that program. Remember that your thesis should be argumentative, rather than persuasive or merely informative. Use specific examples (direct quotations, summary, and paraphrased passages), valid reasoning, and a variety of rhetorical patterns to prove your thesis. This assignment allows for students to choose their focus. How does the writer define “successful,” and why should readers accept that definition? What areas of the college experience best reflect a path to that success? Please remember that the reader is a professor. You need not explain college to him. Instead, learn about a specific program at a specific school, and then draw some conclusions that any reader can consider valid. This is not just about you: this is about everyone. Student success can be understood and discussed in a variety of ways, and relating one such understanding is the primary goal of this assignment. In the past, students have written about learning to embrace a diverse community (Premed at U of M), managing the rigors of a physically challenging outdoor curriculum (Environmental Engineering at Michigan Tech), and maintaining perspective in a busy, unfamiliar environment (Business Management at Michigan State). Focus on the use of primary sources, such as school websites, rather than pop media secondary sources. Please remember to consider sources in context.
