College Entry Essay

A talent is defined as something that comes natural to you and you enjoy doing. A talent is something you grow on and develop and always work towards strengthening and improving in. Everyone, no matter how different or unique, has a talent. However, most people do not incorporate their talent into large aspects of their life and keep it as something minor.

I love reading fiction more than any other kind of book. I have read all of the Twilight and Hunger Games books and I am currently reading the Divergent series. I have also read other books, like The Notebook and The Giver among many other fiction books. One of my most favorite books is To Kill a Mockingbird. I have also enjoyed some non-fiction like The Diary of Anne Frank. I like reading

Reading is really great, but for me, I do not like writing as much as reading. Many people enjoy writing over reading, except I am complete opposite. When I sit down and read a good book, I can read for hours. Writing on the other hand, just does not come naturally. Books like, American Sniper, The Monuments Men, and Unbroken really got me interested in reading books about war and history. I like to write, if it is a topic I can write about. If I get an easy topic, that I can brainstorm great idea’s.

My senior year in high school football I broke my leg and could not play the last few games of the season, and after that all the offers for football stopped and I could not follow my dream of playing college football. Knowing how that situation feels, getting a medical degree can enable me to help athletes who are injured like I was. Having a career ending injury is something I would not wish on anyone, which is why I want to get a medical degree and find new ways for athletes to recover faster and prevent future injuries. Having this situation behind me to push me further into my studies and give me the drive I need to succeed is one of the many reasons why I know I will make A&M proud to call me their own.

My mom signed me up for the community library when I just turned 6 years old. Even if I did not know how to properly read at the time, I had to go there every afternoon to keep myself busy as an only child. Being opened to books at such an early clearly has had a major impact on my life and personality. From the local tales of my beloved Senegalese society to the deep and sophisticated French literature, I have traveled through cultures and generations. Whether it is Emile Zola’s collection of novels or Albert Camus’s philosophical texts, these books raised me and taught me about life, love, and resilience. As times went by, reading was no more a regular pastime but a detrimental part of my existence. The lessons and morality I gained from each story always pushed me to challenge the status quo, to be curious, to be adventurous but most importantly to be a problem solver.

As a reader, I love reading fiction books. I’m not super picky about what type of fiction it is, it could be anywhere from fantasy to horror. Along with the horror genre, I like to read scary stories that people put on blogs. A lot of the stories written on blogs could be either made up or something an individual will claim to be real. Another way I like to read are through apps such as Twitter and Facebook. I like to keep up with the lives of my friends and just any type of news that will come up on either feed.

I have been working at Mount Pleasant Retirement Home for a little over six months. I chose this place to work at because it’s only a few minutes from my house and my mother also works in health care. Since I have worked there, I have learned a lot of new things, even being in culinary. Things like, what types of sicknesses the residents may have to how to save somebody who’s choking. I’ve also met a lot of new people who I’ve learned a lot about. I get to serve some of my favorite people every time I go to work. That is why I really enjoy my job working as a culinary assistant.

I prefer to read fantasy, mystery, science fiction, and horror genres. I like books that I can relate to. Modern stories or older stories with a modern twist are fun to read and figure out what all was changed from the original story.

In the future I plan on becoming a well known chef and open my own restaurant. Of course I would have to work really hard and go to a college that will help my dream come true. All though my parents would rather me go to school to be a lawyer or a doctor and think me wanting to become a chef is just a phase and will disappear soon, I'm just not interesting in becoming a lawyer or doctor. By everyone telling me becoming a chef is pointless, just motivates me more to try harder and show them that I can do it and that it's not pointless to me. For me cooking has always fascinated me, I have a pretty big family so when they would come over, my mom would spend hours in the kitchen cooking. While my mother cooked she would usually stress out

I like being able to write about things that I’m interested in, or about things that I know a lot about. That’s why I prefer writing outside of school, there are no requirements, there are no grades, and there’s no pressure. Most of what I write is just short notes on my phone about a dream I had or about I cool idea I thought of. I also like writing letters to myself (futureme.org) because I think it’s fun to read them and to look back to when I wrote them. Overall though, I’d say my favorite genre to write would be fiction. I like having the opportunity to create my own world where anything can happen. I can have dragons and fairies and personified objects and it’s all just really fun and

I consider myself a writer more than a reader although you improve your grammar and complexity of words through reading. I believe I am a writer because I enjoy the thinking creatively and sometimes write on my own time to prevent me from being bored. I enjoy writing mostly about dystopian stories told in a perspective of a citizen that is not necessarily agreeing with rules of the society. Sometimes just writing short stories also pleasures me because instead of doing nothing, I am spending my time expanding my knowledge.

I like to read if the book is good. I like to read books about survival. I enjoy reading books about camping, hunting and fishing. I like all that kind of stuff and I do it a lot so I get very interested in my hobbies and want to learn more so I find books about what I like.

Ever since I was a child, my favorite type of books to read were novels. I was never really fond of picture books and moved onto chapter books as soon as I could get my hands on them. I specifically enjoy fiction novels. Supernatural (not fantasy), realistic, action, drama, and comedy are my favorite genres. What attracts me to fiction is the way fictional stories challenge my imagination. Fiction stretches my mind to create new worlds, meet non-existent people, and entertain previously unfathomable situations. I enjoy writing fiction in order to further elaborate on the experiences that reading fiction has given me.

My relationship with writing and reading can be vague at times. I was a vivid reader growing up. Reading was the most fulfilling food (rhetorically speaking) for my imagination. I believe writing and reading play two important roles combined for myself. Reading gives me a glimpse into the authors mind and a different perspective from my own. One can analyze every word and soon be consumed by the pages. Unlike television, you can control the story with every page your fingertips turn and touch. Writing also gives me a way to express myself without speaking. With speaking you can't unsay something spoken, but with writing you chose and rearrange your expressions and ideas. The best way to describe this would be texting. Some people prefer talking

I enjoy reading non-fiction books because I love learning about real world phenomena. The kinds I mostly read are physics, chemistry, U.S. history, and English. At times, it gets difficult to remember and comprehend the information. After when I finish a chapter, I go back and review what I learned. Sometimes, I feel to just keep reading until the end of the chapter unit, but I generally go for at least two hours. One of my favorite physics’ book to read is, “The Joy of Science” by Robert M. Hazen. In it were different branches of physics and their applications to the modern world like: optical illusions, momentum, etc. In the chemistry one, I read about the general principles, patterns, and applications of molecules and atoms. U.S. history took a while for me to understand because of the transition of time periods. The English one is probably one of my best one because mostly it teaches me about to write a better essay. The different topics in it are: clarity, word choice, organization, and mechanics. Often times I read short stories because they are easy to understand and it feels great to take a break from education. My favorite short story from Edgar Allan Poe is, “The Tell-Tale Heart.”