College Admissions Essay: It's All About Me

Ever since I was little I have aspired to be something great in life, a chef, a pro. soccer player, and an artist. I still hold on to those dreams in hopes they will come true. All of these dreams shape who I am today. I play soccer for “Charlotte Soccer Academy” and previously for the “Waddell Soccer Team”. Both have kept me being a team player and a stronger leader. I go to visual arts camp over the summer and try to use creativity at any moment possible. I love making cupcakes and baking which also allow me to be creative. I have finally realized that all of these dreams originated from my family. I pursued soccer, like my parents did throughout their lives. I continue drawing, like my mother and father did until it became their life and jobs. I am still love making cakes and cupcakes every weekend, just like how i've seen my grandmother make them. Life has a very strange and mind-boggling way of turning out. I know that sounds cheesy, but it is really true.

Someone that I am is a kind,caring,and loving person who loves to help others. I have not yet attempted to make a positive change in the world but I do have a couple of ideas that i think will work and are very positive towards the world. I was always curious since I was a little girl what the entire world was like and how others were not in the best situations. Now that I am older I do realize that the world world is very harsh and it’s not always going to be the best place to be at certain times, I realized that when put myself in a bad position with not so good people. I’ve always told myself when I was younger that, they deserve that type of punishment when I would see people on the streets. Now I see that it always is not there fault they obviously up somewhere in life and mistakes always happen. One way I would like to help those people on the streets is build about the size of a large dog house and so they could call it home until they get back on there feet.

My name is Zulema Ibeth Montes de Oca, I am nineteen years old, I was born March 1,1997 in Berkeley, CA. I was Born into a very traditional Mexican Catholic Christian family; I was raised as part of the Mexican ethnic majority. My parents are both from Mexico, my mom is from Nuevo Ideal, Durango more of a cowboy western type of place and my dad is from Armeria, Colima more of the coast side, best known for the beaches and weather. I have not yet found out what their descent is like. I do know my parents came out to the United States to make their wish come true, “El sueño Americano”. My parents both came here not knowing the language, not knowing nothing just for a better life. That saying “El sueño Americano”, has always been a big impact

I was born in Irapuato Guanajuato Mexico on August 1. I lived in Mexico until I was four years old. At the age of five I received my residency and came to live in America. When I got here I lived in Atlanta Georgia and started school at Kanoheda Elementary School. I attended Kanoheda from kindergarten to second grade. While I was at Kanoheda I had an ESOL class where they taught me the English language and helped me with grammar skills. After second grade I never attended another ESOL class and was able to become fluent in English. When I was going to start third grade I moved to Summerville South Carolina. I was at Oakbrook Elementary for one year and then transferred to Knigtsville in the fourth grade. After I finished fifth grade I went

I will never have my father’s smile or my mother’s eyes. My skin tone will also never match their pale skin even though I am their daughter. Although my siblings and I are all adopted from China, growing up in this unique family dynamic played an integral role in my development. I have grown to realize my ethnicity and upbringing are not labels used by my peers to define me. My background has helped me push through social barriers to build friendships. It challenged me to impel beyond the world’s “black and white” boundaries to see a society that thrives on diversity. My multicultural background equipped me with experiences that gave me a new perspective on privilege and responsibility, preparing me to overcome obstacles in the global industry

Everybody has a story ,but every single one of us has something special in our life. I was born in a small town called Villalba near the south of Puerto Rico. As for the school, I graduated with high honors, especially in math. Ruben is my younger and only brother, he is fifteen years old. Three years ago, my family decided to move to the United States looking for the "American Dream". We left everything. our friends, families, we just left our whole life. When we arrived here I did not know the language, but after a couple of months I learned to defend myself and to help my parents who still do not know the language very well. My dream has always been to become a movie actor. Whenever I watched a movie with my family I would me more inspired.

I was born in the state of Zacatecas, México in the year 1996, but raised in the city of El Cerrito Del Agua, Ojo Caliente. I lived there for the first seven years of my life before moving to the United States. My parents, Jaime and Guadalupe were both born in El Cerrito del Agua, as well as for my two little brothers at that time, Gerardo and Bernado. It wasn’t a big city but instead had a population of less than 1,000 residents. Even though it was a poor place we all managed to survive and live happily. The schools and homes weren’t in their best condition but they were all we had. I lived my early childhood very happy along with a lot of loving and caring people. That place holds my family’s history. Being born from

When I was younger I never thought I would be where I am today. Through life’s challenges I have come to realize that I can do anything I set my mind to. I continue to grow everyday as a person, because “I want to be better than I was the day before.” This is my mission statement for life.

But the black vines come slinking back. The vines inside me twist and pull at my heart strings as my mind goes tumblr; crushing, pulling, expanding, slicing. That is what they do.

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.

It was at an ungodly hour on the fourth floor of Morgan Stanley’s Times Square headquarters that I uncovered what matters most to me: time. More specifically, making every minute of my time count is what I truly care about.

My name is Jose Calderon Cruz; I was born 25 years ago in a small country in Central America called El Salvador. I moved to America when I was 15 years old and I have been living in the northern Virginia area since then. I graduated from high school in 2010, however this is the first class I’ll be taking since I graduated high school. 6 years later I wish I could have enrolled in college earlier.

Few people are aware of the existence of the Welsh city of Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwllllan­tysilio­gogo­goch, and fewer still know that it was given this lengthy name as a result of a 19th century publicity stunt. I have always had a knack for remembering precise and often random bits of trivia. Most people I meet who learn this about me tend to say that mine is a useless skill, grounded excessively in specificity and lacking practical application. I beg to differ. Knowing these tidbits has allowed me to find the greatest group of friends I have ever had and excel in an activity that has challenged me academically and with every emotion from the most sorrowful sadness to the most exquisite elation. I joined Knowledge Bowl for

Who am I? Do I really know who I am? As I sit here with my laptop I thought to myself this essay is going to be easy. In fact, it was not. I did not know where to start or end. So, I am going to start this off by saying who I am. I am African, not an African American. I am a Christian, not just anybody. I am a leader, not a follower. A woman who will achieve her dreams no matter what obstacles that comes her way.

My name is Alexis Lopez Sevilla. I am 19 years old. I was born in the State of Jalisco, Mexico where I spent fourteen years of my life living there. I am the second oldest and only son of four siblings. Currently, I am living in Long Beach, California, and I am attending Long Beach City College. When I was fourteen years old, my family and I arrived in this country. Coming to the United Sates has been the most challenging experience I have had so far, especially because I did not want to move away from a place that I loved so much, that was my hometown. Therefore, the first obstacle that I experienced on this journey was not being able to accept the fact that my future was going to be established in a place that I knew so little about.