College Admissions Essay: Bad Things Lead To Good

They say that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, yet I tend to disagree. Our world is packed full of things to be afraid of. As a child, we are afraid of the dark or monsters hiding underneath our beds; but, as we grow with wisdom and age, those fears become bigger and more worldly. We fear things like terrorism or illness. The fear that consumes me most is that my best might never be enough.

Ever since I was a little girl, I had dreamt about becoming a doctor. While other little girls wanted to be fairies or princesses, I always wanted to play with my toy doctor kit. I thought I could make a difference in people’s lives and be able to help them. My mother always told me that even one person can make a difference; that no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, one can touch people’s lives, which is what truly matters in the end. She always reminded me of the Chaos Theory, or more popularly known as the Butterfly Effect: the concept that a butterfly in New Mexico can flap its wings and cause a hurricane in China. One’s action will ripple, whether good or bad, and make an impact at a later state depending on what caused it.

Ever since 8th grade, I have worked hard a lot more when I play volleyball. Right when the varsity coaches asked me to join their practice, I knew that I had to work hard and that it will pay off. Now, at every practice, I would play my heart out even if I was playing with a fractured finger or a rolled ankle.

Becoming of older age, I began to understand that it’s perfectly fine to be imperfect. The extraordinary person I believed I would never become started off by committing faults and mistakes. Despite the fact that I was treated differently it pushed me toward understanding that I am enough. No matter what obstacles or battles I come across I’ve convinced myself to ignore the negativity surrounding me and converting it to positivity.

As my time at Capay comes to an end, it is time to reflect on the memories I have had, and to search for the opportunities that will lead me to success. My whole life is dependent on what open doors I choose to walk into. “When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.” As Helen Keller famously said, opportunities are about reaching for the positive. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could’ve changed your life. That’s why we need to take opportunities, even if it sounds intimidating.

In the novel life lessons:two experts on death and dying teach us the mysteries of life and living. The novel talks about many lessons such as

Almost everyone faces setbacks, failures or something that has consequences that end up helping them. For me, this would be getting the starting spot for football from my competition. I had to work extremely hard to get it. It took so much time, effort, and hard work, but I eventually got it. Getting this starting spot in football has made me the person I am now. This is how it has affected me in life and how it has made the person I am today.

Is this damn thing recording or am I talking to myself. Piece of junk, you never know if or when a solar flare is going to erupt and knock out the whole flipping system. Well, let me start by asking, have you ever had one of those days that if it could go wrong, it did? That seems to be how life here is going lately. GOD, if I can only hold out for two more months, I will be home free. My team landed here on August 9, 2304 and has been stationed on this red dusty rock for the better part of three years and my tour is almost up. Any day now I should be getting my new orders and so help me, if I don’t get my first or second choice of duty stations, I just might end up shooting someone. Let me try to clear things up so you will understand just

I have had my whole life planned since the third grade. I was going to be Brain Surgeon, save people, make money, life's two most important things. But as time progressed that future career morphed from being a brain surgeon to a teacher to a lawyer and et cetera, et cetera. Senior year came and I was dead set on being an environmental lawyer. I did it all, applied to colleges, got accepted, and even enrolled. All summer I was thrilled to begin my next four years. I arrived to my college on Freshman Orientation day and the moment I stepped onto that campus, I realized I was not ready. All of these kids, the excitement in their eyes, the constant chatter of, “I’m studying this…” “I’m double majoring…”, they wanted to be there, yet I was counting down the minutes to when I could go to my car and make the 3 hour trek home.

Hey you have you ever thought that your the nice guy but no thinks the same? Well that's not a bad guy. That's a misunderstood good guy who is aggressively nice or a delusional bad guy what ever you want to call them hears my story. Before you read you my story don't make a mistake like me.

Early in life, I realized that education often determines one's destiny. Being born and raised away from city with a remote and long isolated community, exposed me to the challenges of facing poverty coupled with squandered opportunities for education, health, and happiness. Though struggled to meet days end , my father insisted me along with my three siblings receive education to break this notion. He inculcated in us the compulsion to strive, the talent to prosper and the ability to overcome failure are strongly inherited. Even though confronted the stigma of social status, my parents relinquished us with every possible comfort in the defiance of material paucity........I fear I never noticed those tears melted away with water dropping

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively”― Bob Marley

At one point in my life, I didn’t have any friends. Quite literally, I lacked substantial friends, save for one here and there. My solitude lasted throughout my first middle school year. Eventually, I decided to try a new approach. Unfortunately for me, I had embedded the bright idea of becoming the class (or should I say classes) clown in my pre-pubescent brain. Making corny jokes, abusing the ever present bathroom humor, etc. All of this took place in my daily routine, in the hopes that someone would actually want to become friends with the weird kid. Of course, I still had the naivety that most people my age have at the time, unaware of the cruelty that people can exhibit. I unknowingly positioned myself

“Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.” This quote seems so simple, yet it can mean so much to someone or impact them. Though at first it may seem like you cannot simply take it anymore, especially if you are going through a tough time or are completely lost in the world, things will get better. It may seem like it won’t get better, but in the long run, it will. Your life may seem like it is falling apart, yet it is simply falling into place.

“What goes around comes around” is a popular saying worldwide bad deeds never go unpunished. Everything we do or say determine on what’s going to happen to us in the future. Whether we act honestly, dishonestly, help or hurt others. Karma can be divided into good or bad. I believe that if you do something good something good will happen to you. if you do something bad then something bad will happen to you. karma is not something I believe in because of stories told by friends, but because of personal experiences.