The Concept of Rejection, and How to Not Write an Essay

It was late February when I received my rejection letter in the mail. 

I didn't know how to react.
Over the time that I wrote my essay, applied and waited for a response I became more and more sure that I would be accepted to the Legislative Page Program; I got my hopes up.
Because I did that to myself, when I got the letter in the mail telling me that I was not chosen to serve as a Page, I was crushed.

So I made an oath to myself: I would get accepted. I had two more chances to apply, and I was going to take them and get into the program.

But to apply again, I needed to write a new essay.

I figured the best way to write a better essay, would be to learn from my mistakes.

So here is my list of ways not to write an essay.

1. Be Passive; In my first essay, I often say 'If I were to get into the Page Program...' etc. When I was writing my second (and successful) essay, I made sure not to do this. Instead, I wrote in the active tense; "When I get accepted to the Legislative Page Program...' and so forth. And guess what? I did get accepted.
2. Use false information; I actually didn't realized that until recently, but my first essay had some factual mistakes. My biggest error was probably when I stated that in the Legislature of Ontario there are 308 seats. In truth, there are 107 Ridings in Ontario, and therefore 107 seats.  
3. Be Partisan; The act of being partisan, or choosing a group/party over another is an extremely important thing to avoid if you are planning on applying to the Legislative Page Program. I can't even express how vital it is for the staff working in the Legislature of Ontario to be partisan; the Legislative Page Program Coordinator (A.K.A. My teacher while I am serving my duty) explained to me that she even had to sign a contract that swore she would be non-partisan. In my essay, I wrote something that may have been misinterpreted by the Legislative Page Program team as a political statement. I was explaining about my chances to be accepted, and I was referring to the other applicants and I as different coloured jellybeans in a jar. Unintentionally, the colours I chose in my essay are colours that represent two of the political parties in Ontario.

To those of you planning on applying to the Legislative Page Program, take a fine-toothed brush and search through your essay for any hints of you being partisan. I'm almost completely positive that my unintentional act of partisanship caused me to be deemed unsuitable for the Legislative Page Program during my first application, and I don't want any of you to feel the dismay that I did when I realized that I could have been turned away for simply making a careless mistake.