College Admissions Essay: As I See Myself As A Student

I’m awesome. It’s true. Everyone who meets me will agree, and by the end of this essay, you will too. I am from the small town of Mexico, Missouri where I haved lived my whole life. I was born on January 4, 2000. I am the millennium baby because I was the first baby born in 2000 in the the town of Mexico and I got to ride home in a limo. I went to elementary school at Hawthorne and then to the Middle School and now I am a Junior at The Mexico High School. I play basketball, football, and baseball. This summer I worked at the City Pool as a lifeguard. Last summer I worked at Pearl Motor Company for my dad. That job was definitely a lot harder than being a lifeguard, but I enjoyed both jobs. One of my favorite hobbies is hunting. I love to Turkey hunt and also deer hunt. I’ve killed three turkeys and one deer. One of my other hobbies is snow skiing. I usually get to go to Colorado every year with my church and I've been three times with my family. This is just a little bit of who I am.

In my 12 years of school I have won a variety of awards. They range from sports, academics, participation, and some for just who I am as a person. I am proud for each and every single one of those awards. Even though some might be for just trying, I still take them as accomplishments. The one award that stands out from all the others is the award that I won in my eighth grade year, The President’s Academic Achievement Award.

Despite a person’s transcript, GPA, class rank, or SAT/ACT scores, there’s always a true individual underneath. This person could be a genius with no ambition or a not extremely-smart individual who works diligently every day so he/she can become something they desire. Students are told to keep the numbers on their transcript extremely high to make colleges believe they can fit in or so that they won’t become overwhelmed with the work presented in college. The numbers don’t define who a person really is or how much potential they truly have. Furthermore, there’s only one question that the college admission essay wants the answer to…”Who are you?”, and the admissions office wants to read a story that has only come from “you”. Well, this is me, and this is the story that defines me.

It all started during my freshman year of high school, the most regretful year of my life. As a young fourteen-year-old girl, I always had a hard time following the rules, I had no idea the kind of year I would have ahead of me. Getting good grades was never my top priority when it came to high school. It was having fun. At that time of my life, having fun meant skipping class, making friends who influenced me in a bad way, and sneaking out at unbelievable hours. What I snuck out to do was forbidden in my religion, I honestly don’t know what I was thinking or why I ever thought it was okay. The first time I was at my friend’s house at a pretty late hour; my mother forgot to pick me up so I called a friend, he was someone I knew who would

While visiting southern France and taking in the incredible beauty of the countryside, I struggled to understand how people there live as compared to how people from a city such as Dallas live. These thoughts led me to believe that the whole world was more than just a bustling city with high expectations and pressure. Whizzing past the vineyards and pastures allowed me for once, to just breathe and smile. While cycling through this stunning countryside, I was able to witness the treasures of nature and the French meadows, things that I would never have been able to imagine seeing in my hometown.

I believe in order to be successful in life I must believe in myself. That one day with my determination, dedication, and drive I will accomplish all goals I have set for myself, and exceed the expectations of the important people around me.

Who am I? In some words i’m just one person in the whole world. But to others i’m a friend, sister, aunt, granddaughter, niece, etc. But to me i am a difference. A difference in this world. A difference in this country. A difference in my city. A difference in my community! A want to be different. Nobody wants to be plain and simple. I want to be my own person. I want to be myself. I don’t want people to tell me what to be. When i grow older i will be a change. I will make a change in this world.

Who am I exactly? I find myself asking myself this question more and more often. This is my second year here at Grossmont College, and I find myself still undecided on my major or what I want to achieve for the rest of my life. I’d like to think that at 19 – despite the young age – that I have experienced and witnessed a lot in my life that has shaped me into the person I am. With the experience I have under my belt, my social concept, social comparisons, reflected appraisals and self esteem has all been affected. The person that I have become today is all dependent on my past and how I perceive the experience. Even though I might still be unsure of exactly who I am or who I will be, the experiences of my past have become the basis of my personality.

Who am I? As a student, an answer to this question is becoming imperative as parents, teachers and institutions alike assume that students have a predetermined blueprint for their future. I had difficulty in answering this question, but as I found my passion, my drive to succeed and started to push my limits, some defining characteristics became evidently clear.

Understanding who I am and why I am here is a really hard concept for some. Not only is it hard to express through words, but it may be hard for some to hear. Not everybody is proud of the person they have become or want to recognize who they are. But I feel as if it is really important thing to put into perspective to self evaluate yourself and to make sure you are what you want to be. I have never really thought of who I am until today, but my goal is to try to make myself understand it as much as possible through five categories. I hope years later I can understand my way of doing life today and continue loving myself through times of despair and hardships.

The air is tainted with the scent of perspiring bodies as the chirps of shoes fighting for traction echo off the walls. Rubber skid marks span across the effulgent wooden floor. Two round orange iron rims hang ten feet above the thick black lines that stretch ninety-four feet end line to end line. At the halfway point, in a big circle, lies a logo of a fierce bulldog. Terse bursts of air trickle down from the vents above. Most people would call the body odored gym an unpleasant setting, but I couldn’t imagine spending my free time any other place.

When I become old, I want to be someone who has lived life to the fullest of their potential. I want to be an individual that others can look up to for assistance and find inspiration in. As we get older, we go through countless experiences that shape the outcome of our lives. I want to look back at all the glorious memories and not regret a single thing. I want to be someone who has exceptional stories to tell their grand-children as I want them to learn from my mistakes. By the time we reach the age of 70, we have a lot of knowledge of the world and we can take on the role of providing this knowledge to our young ones. Since I have a kind nature, I genuinely believe that I will be that person that takes care of my loved ones and inquires

The person I am not yet exists somewhere in the future, waiting for me to mature in wisdom and knowledge, and is motivating me to keep progressing in who I am now to my desired level of success. In order for me to understand who I want to become, I must know who I am now. I am a person who is caring, knowledgeable, and hopeful. These characteristics of my persona help me better grasp who I want to become in the near future. The type of person I aspire to be is somebody who is wise, successful, and happy. I hope to reach these three things by advancing my education and opening my horizons to new things and a brand new environment. I aspire to reach these progressions and gain my strength in my profession and the people around me.

Everyone has something that has helped them go through life with a sense of purpose and happiness. Some people have a safe haven, some people have a special person, and some people have a special pastime. However, the luckiest of people have all three, and I consider myself truly blessed to be one of those people. My religion has been a longstanding outlier in my life, because it has proved to always fulfill my life with serenity and happiness. Growing up, I was not always the star child in any given place. I acted out in school, I was stubborn to my parents at home, and I did things I knew were not okay in life. However, after a transformation of myself through my faith in religion, I can confidently say that I now have so much to give to Rutgers University. Although I was not always this way, I now hold self confidence, determination, a hard work ethic, and plenty of honor in my school life.

I am a college student who is extremely passionate about her education. I love to have the peace of mind that my only worry is passing my courses. I am blessed to be presented with countless of opportunities to aid my education, as all my focus can be solely on my education since I know tuitions are paid for. My parents and I are from Haiti, where opportunities similar this are extremely rare. In 2007, my mother and I came to America, but my father stayed behind, for his immigration process took longer. It was extremely difficult, especially for my mother who, you could say, needed to take a role of a single parent for a couple of years. My parents traveled to another country, left their families behind and gave me a chance at a life that they