College Admissions Essay: How Technology Has Changed My Life

Life normally doesn’t go the way you plan when you’re young. When I was little, I figured that when I was at the age of graduation I would be totally prepared to go off my own. As I sit and think about the topic of how my life is going, several thoughts pour into my mind. First, I think of how lucky I am. The past two years could’ve changed my life because of bad health. Through weeks and months of hospitals stays and hours spent in the doctor’s office and in the emergency room, I’ve come out lucky and I have almost returned to good health. Second, I think of those friends who I thought would be there for my whole life that are no longer a part of my life. I also look to the people who I never thought would be there by my side and realize

All my life I have grown up with electronics around me, I was born in 1998 when computers were starting to take off to change the world and eventually mines as well. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois, my entire life; I was a reclusive kid growing up, my mother always wanted me at home due to the violence in the city. My life consisted of going to school, my focus in life, and coming home to play video games or use the computer, as a result I was very introverted. My way of expressing myself was a Windows XP PC with the bulky monitor, very primitive by today's standards; it provided me with a means of allowing me to break out my shell it developed me into a more uninhibited person, I learned many things such as how to communicate my feelings with

If there is one thing that is true about the Internet, it is that it is forever changing. Sometimes those changes are good. For example, the first time I ever got on the Internet back in the 80s, I was a young high school student. Back then, the Internet was very basic. Mainly organizations and educational institutions were putting out information. You had to know some basic computer coding to effectively use those first home computers, too. This was probably pretty good training for those of us who would go on to have careers as writers, editors, and web designers. It forced us to learn the basics and build from there.

I remember stepping through the door into the robotics room, I didn't know what I was getting into and what impact it would have on my life. Robotics became my life for the next 4 years, constantly spending every moment of my free time investing it in robotics. I found my passion; to learn, with a desire to make the team better by passing my knowledge down to them. Robotics taught me countless valuable lessons and skills that shaped my life. Every day I acquired new skills and techniques to improve the robot, exponentially increasing my comprehension of engineering. Learning how to use tools, create mechanisms, and basic fundamentals of engineering; I began to work up the ranks of the team. Starting once as a clueless freshman I earned the

I grew up with very little confidence hardly looked people in the eye and never really spoke to anyone. My parents signed me up for endless sport teams in hopes that I’d gain confidence. I soon came across the sport Rowing. Out of all the races I’ve rowed, one especially changed my perspective on life. I realized that rowing is a place where I can be myself and no one will care, where I can scream at the top of my lungs and not get in trouble, or where I can wear mismatched outfits and no one will judge

Throughout my life I've come to be heavily involved in just about all things technology and it's developed into something I've become passionate about. I began working on computers as early as 7th grade and I moved on to doing freelance work for friends and family, as well as taking Computer servicing classes my sophomore & junior years of high school. Beyond high school I had a falling out with technology, and I believe this was necessary in order for me to realize that it's a field that I love and excel

Have you ever wished that you could wake up with not a worry in the world? I know I have but life hits hard doesn’t it? As a young child in elementary school or even not in school yet life is easy I would say. The kids don’t have too much on their plate, all they are worried about is nap time, snack time, recess time you know fun thing. Then suddenly you grow up! Remember all the fun times you had? Now it’s all about work time, class time, dinner time heck half the time we don’t even know what bed time is. Although it all may seem scary and hard there are ways to balance school, work and family.

Technology has affected me in different ways. Using technology has help me to perform my job as a nurse more safely, improves charting and improves bedside nursing, to communicate with the coworkers and leadership team, to get education and get in-services online without having to attend physically to a classroom. In addition, with my phone, I use the GPS to find an address, or a new route when there is an accident, it will help me to get on time to my work place, since every day I hit traffic coming and going to work. At home, helps me to record my favorite shows in the DVR when I am not at home.

In this era we are a technology advanced society, being only 22 years old I have seen many technological advances. Growing up I had access to T.V., when I was younger I remember going to my grandparents’ house and they had back and white T.V. When I hit middle school I given my first cell phone it was a flip phone that had no games on it. In my house we had the big box T.V. with a VCR box and the huge computer with the big monitor; we not call it the dinosaur computer because it’s so outdated. As an adult I have a touch screen phone with access to social media, games, etc., I also have a flat screen T.V. and laptop. Regularly, I use my phone and laptop it’s practically become my life, sometimes I’m glued to the screen. I believe I’m pretty comfortable with technology; I have a basic understanding of how it works. I do like trying to understand new

Not being able to see your friend for six to seven years is hard. My parents decided to move to the united states in the cold winters of December 2009, and I hated it. To leave all of my precious things like my friends, house I had lived in since birth, and neighborhood that knew me since the day one, was not only difficult at the beginning I thought it would be impossible. I was totally heartbroken. According to my memories, I think I spent three to four days sitting in an airplane and after that we finally arrived in New York City. I already hated it, cities were bright, loud, and even in the night time everybody was running around in a hurry like there was a fire or something, I knew it then that I will never be able to be part of this city. After a while my parents were like wait until you get to Utah, I heard it's pretty quiet and peaceful city there, I was like we are moving again. Well I was little excited, because here I didn't like it at all.

An object which represents a social literacy that has shaped my life is a cell phone. Cellphones have become an integral part of everyday life for most people. They hold the ability to connect people despite distance and for most are an object which brings them happiness. For me however it is the opposite, the moment my phone begins to ring or I am faced with making a phone call my heart begins to race and my anxiety sets in. I have always been an anxious child but it was until last year that I was clinically diagnosed with social anxiety. In today 's society there is a strong stigma that stands against mental health illness and a person is often labeled by their illness. Most people would believe that by having social anxiety this would then stunt my social literacies but instead it has allowed me to see a whole new side to social interactions, a side which has exposed me to new techniques to social interaction and communication.

The year was 1790 when outside vendors copied and sold maps and publications without consent of the original owners. The government set a law into place to put a copyright, “the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc” (1) , on items and ideas of their choosing preventing such from being stolen or transformed for 14 years. Within fifty years, technology changed allowing more people understood what a copyright was and therefore a new law extended the length of the copyright from 14 to 28 years, a solid length of time for ones work to be properly appreciated by the public. It took roughly seventy years before the law changed again, this time including a 28 year renewal plan, allowing the original copyright owners to keep their licensed work from the hands of the public domain for a total of 56 years. Almost he entire lifetime of a person from the early 1900’s could be contained within the length of a single copyright. It would be another 67 years before the law was changed yet again. Not only did the law change to keep ones copyright protected for 70 years, but and additonal 50 years after the owners death could be tacked onto the lifeline of their copywritten piece of work. (2) 120 years of songs, films, prose and plays prevented from being altered or changed only to be extended again in 1998 to a grand total of 140 years. Works of all kinds left to be unaltered for almost two

Technology has played a significant role within my academic and professional achievements. At a very young age, I was introduced to programming by a math teacher in the seventh grade. After being sentenced to twenty-four hours of detention for making jokes during class, I learned my first programming language, GW BASIC from that same math teacher. One evening, during detention, this instructor saw that I had idle time on my hands and decided to make me a deal. The instructor made a deal that, once I finished all my homework; if I could write a computer program that made a ball bounce across the screen, for every trick that the ball does, he would subtract one hour of detention off my time. This seemed like something I could not refuse and I promptly accepted the offer.

As a travel writer and photographer, technology has helped me greatly in the past ten years. The main way it has changed my life is by making it totally portable, both in terms of equipment and in terms of location. Ten years ago I had a desktop computer and even had an early Blackberry smartphone. But I was still tethered to my desktop in terms of really being able to work and access my data and content. Portability Ten years ago I was able to answer email from my Blackberry, but now I can surf the web, watch YouTube or Hulu, even take HD video, all from my Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone. I also use an Ultrabook 2-in-1 that is a tablet and laptop, which I take everywhere. I can 't even remember the last time I even turned on my old desktop computer, as I do everything from these portable devices. It also means I basically always have my office with me and can work from anywhere. No international technical borders As someone who travels internationally every few months, this is another huge way my life has improved in the past ten years. With the almost all-pervasive availability of WiFi, even on many flights, it 's possible to constantly work and stay in touch. Mobile phone technology means I can just take my Galaxy SII around the world and use it anywhere, I don 't need to buy another phone for Europe and a phone for Asia, as I used to have to do. I also must mention T-Mobile and their Simple Choice global data as another example of how technology makes my life

Decades ago, in order for a college student to complete a research paper they had to go to the library and read multiple books on the respective subject. Now, countless of books, articles, research papers and data are easily organized and accessible online. But, has this easy access to information improved intellectual capabilities? Or has it simply caused individuals to become lazy? Written by David Robson, How Computers change the way we learn, technology has altered the way teaching and researching is done. According to Google 's Vice President of Research, Alfred Spector, “a simple app can change the way we think and learn.” Since the beginning of his freshman year in college Spector, has witnessed the improvement of information technology. So has technology increased the ability to access, literature, data and create the opportunity to comparatively analyze information that improves one’s intellectual capabilities?