P.A.C.E. Admission Essay
The following assignment is an integral and important part of the admission process for the Houghton College P.A.C.E. Program.
Please write about 1000 words, total, answering these questions:
¨ Who do I want to become?
¨ What do I want to be like?
¨ What do I want to be doing?
¨ Who am I now?
¨ What are my various strengths?
¨ What are my various weaknesses?
We are interested in both the quality of your writing and the thoughtfulness of the ideas we find in your essay. Therefore, please give careful thought to your essay, and write well.
If you have conceptual difficulties beginning to write, you
may find it helpful to read the first chapter of Steven Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, entitled “Begin with the End in
Mind.” This book is available in the
Please submit the essay in word processed form, with your name at the top left of each page. You should use double spacing, 1” margins, a 12-point font, and number your pages.
Please submit essay via email as a Microsoft Word attachment to the Academic Advisor that you have been working with. If you are not sure who your Academic Advisor is, email your essay to: pace@houghton.edu