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Strength stories

Stress tolerance

I have a very high stress tolerance. I am currently having my final exams and I also had to plan a trip
for my own start-up TravCare. The trip was planned to be on a day which was one day before my
exam, and I was worried about my exam so much. I still managed stress, kept in touch with my team
and also prepared for the exam at the same time. I was able to conduct a successful trip (Twenty-five
people joined us for the trip) and I also performed well in my exam.

Hard work

I can work hard. I remember in my first year, I had to prepare for (Subject Name) and I wasn’t well
prepared because I was sick and could not attend class. Three days were left till exam and I was
worried, but I sat isolated, moved my distractions away and studied continuously for three fifteen
hour-long intervals followed by a nine-hour break after each one. I was able to score 85% in that exam.

Weakness story

I am sometimes unable to present my hard work properly. It happens to me often that I do an

awesome job, and I still don’t get credits for it because I am unable to present it properly. Three
months ago, I had this competition of creating calligraphic paintings in PAC arts and crafts society, and
even though I created the best calligraphic art, I could not explain the history behind every painting
and I lost that competition. I am currently working on learning the advanced presentation softwares
such as Prezi and I am also reading some books on expressive art therapy, and I hope I will overcome
this weakness soon.

Sayyedi
Story # 1:

I always try to complete my work with a positive attitude. I recently had a project due on reservoir
characterization and I was not being able to find helpful resources on web. Still, I did not lose hope
and searched the libraries of my department and university for relevant material. I also had to
contact some industry professionals and ask them for relevant data. Most of the people in my class
were unable to even submit the project on time, but I submitted and also scored highest in my class
(43/45). Skills: Positive Attitude, Hard work, Time Management
Story # 2:
I always prefer to do my task myself with integrity. When I was in 7th Semester, the whole class was
assigned to write report to relate your internship experience with lab work (Safety & Environment).
The challenge was to remind different operations observed during your internship and relate it with
the lab work. When everyone was busy to copy from internet sources, I preferred to write my own
report by investing 2 hours per day. It helped to complete the report within 1 week with 8%
plagiarism and I got A- grade in that lab.
Skills: Integrity, Time Management
Story # 3:
I can manage to work in a team. I have worked as a team member in many of semester projects.
When I was in 4th semester, I collaborated with 3 other team members to work on project ‘‘Critical
Analysis of Story’’. Although, I was not good in English at that time therefore I contributed 30% to
project by typing the report. It helped to complete project within specific time and we learnt from
each other.
Skill: Team Work

Weakness story

I cannot tolerate laziness and procrastination and I often get angry if my team members are not
working. Recently, I almost left my Amal mega project team because no one was working as efficiently
as me. I am working on using gratitude and kindness instead of anger to make my team work better,
and I hope it will help me a lot with this issue of mine.