College Admissions Essay: Airotique Aerial Day

This part of the run is not difficult for me, which is good because my mind is already focused on the cliff that I know is about 100 feet down the ridge and 50 feet on my left (north). Waiting for my turn at the top, I had lots of time to sit and think about what I was about to do, igniting my nerves and adrenaline, making my body feel numb. I ski to my spot above the cliff, and the iconic House Rock looks like it always does, almost like a fifty foot diving board that will shoot you out half-way down the rest of the mountain. I stop right above the point of no return. I must choose to hit the cliff or not. There is no turning back once I move from this spot.

The air is tainted with the fumes of cherry blossom, hairspray and “Scarlet” red nail polish. Pink and white paint add texture to the walls. Week old clothes begin to hide underneath the solitary wooden mahogany chair as new, fresh clothes take their place as head of the drawer. Pieces of pencil shavings cover the once pastel pink carpet while the white fan creaks once it hits a 180-degree angle. A battle between bright yellow and soft white light occurs when someone decides to take settle on the full- size bed.

The first time I ever rode a dirt bike was when I was the age ten and then I never rode another one until I was fifteen years old. This is relevant because to learn how to ride a dirtbike takes time and help from others. My father had been riding dirt bikes and quads since he was a child, so when I needed help I looked up to him. I was clueless on how to operate a dirt bike until I asked my dad for help. Now I can ride a motorized bike with no problem!

The opportunity to rebuild and reshape my niche in the world is what I love the most about flying. Seeing the Earth from my vantagepoint in the sky, imagination has no

Please complete the Next Day Air Case questions for Chapter 3 (handed out in class and posted to Blackboard) as per the instructions below:

When I was 10 I was at one of my dance competitions. I was at my last competition of the year. I was doing my jazz dancer called Circus. In the dance me and my friend were getting ready to do our aerials. I was so nervous about landing it. But I went for it but something happened.

When I was 14 my brother convinced me to sign up for the Mcconnel foundation Yosemite trip. I had to do a lot of community service which consisted of picking up trash on the side of the road and teaching the kids at my local elementary school about the environment and global warming. I got accepted and it was definitely one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I’m outdoorsy and love hiking but, this was a whole different level of hiking. The first couple days were really hard for me because of the extent of the hikes and hiking dozens of switchbacks a day. The yosemite made me realize how beautiful life is and I became a lot more outdoorsy. It helped me figure out who I am. I soon started spending most of my time outdoors fishing and hunting. The yosemite is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been to and I’m extremely thankful that I had that experience.

have anyone of you jumped out of flying airplane at 14000 feet in the air. After my speech, hopefully, all of you will be interesting in doing skydiving. I have recently experienced this amazing sport, and wish all of you be able to enjoy this experience as well. I can imagine many of us as a child dreamt of becoming superman or perhaps have the power to fly. Throughout skydiving we can satisfy that dream.

I was fourteen and had been showing all week at the West Virginia State Fair. It was Saturday, championship night. We rode confidently into the Bluegrass Bowl surrounded by the

When I was seven years old I saw the second Star Wars movie in theaters. I was so fascinated by this universe on the screen that I wanted to know more about space. I got a telescope after that and my parents would help me look at the moon with it on clear nights. I would also watch the shuttle launches and landings on the television thinking how cool would that be to travel into space. When I was nine my family took a trip to Florida. While we were there a shuttle launch was scheduled for that week and I remember being so excited that I got to go see the Space Shuttle launch into space. We arrived just before it launched because the visitors center was so crowded. I took the binoculars out of my father’s hands and watched on his shoulders as the engines ignited and the shuttle launched into the atmosphere.

“Brrrring” rang the alarm. When I woke up I had to take a shower. I woke up around 7:30am just before my grandma came to pick us up(my brother Chris, sister Megan, My mom, and I). We were going to Florida to go down to Disney. All of us are riding in two airplanes down to Disney, and this will be my first plane ride that I went on. My grandma picked us up at our house and the airport is an hour away from us. When we got to the airport it didn’t take long to get through the security to the wait room before we had to go on the airplane. We waited for about an hour for it to arrive and be al set to go.

It was shortly after the war, I had met up with my family and we went to a medical course at Columbia University in New York. I persuaded my father to let me ride at an air show and by the end of it all I wanted to do was fly. So, determined, I started taking flying lessons and hired Neta Snook to be my teacher. She, at the time, had been the first woman instructor to graduate so it looked like luck was on my side.

Around 5:56 pm, The Regional Approach Control's Feeder East controller transmitted an all aircraft message which was received by Flight 191. The message stated in part, Attention all aircraft listening, there is a little rain shower just north of the DFW airport and they are starting to make ILS approaches and to tune to frequency 1091 for 17L." (FAA). Around 5:59 pm, the co-pilot commented, we are going to get our airplane washed, indicating he was conscious of rain between plane and the runway, 17L at DFW (FAA). By this time Flight 191 was third in line to land on runway 17L, behind Flight 35, which was a Boeing 727 Learjet 25 and behind them for landing was American Flight 539, which was a McDonnell-Douglas MD-80. Flight 191 switched over to arrival control frequency for landing and reported there altitude.

but it is almost over. The fliers are taking turns looking like ballerinas in the air, doing their liberties,

Mac and I are doing something called Prepare for Take Off which basically involves me balancing on her knees while teetering between falling forward onto my face or backwards onto Mac’s face. Then, we are told to do some stretching on our own. I can almost touch my toes with my fingertips. Mom says this is impressive. I ignore her. Mac says I am doing real well at all this Acro-yoga-ing. “Who’s that man?” I ask her.