College Admissions Essay: Life Is Not A Straight Line

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are. While your reputation is merely what others think you are.” -John Wooden.

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

I’ll take you on the ride of your life, need you here on the passenger side! I live for entertaining, sharing positive vibes and just having a pleasurable time, all the time. I’m currently a student studying psychology, but I definitely know my future lies in singing, songwriting and dancing. I’m a very creative person and I love being inspired, whether it be through traveling to new places, trying exotic foods, meeting brilliant and innovative people or my favorite, spontaneous

Reflecting on my childhood, I always had a vivid imagination. I loved telling stories to anyone who would listen. As I grew older, I began writing poetry and I became obsessed with movies. Over the years, I realized that I wanted to travel to some of the places I had seen in the various movies but my thoughts of what I wanted to remain indifferent.

Studies show that children have a vast capacity for acquiring skills. I could’ve chosen ballet or soccer or acting, but my first hobby in life was reading. What started off as a fun way to pass time in the long, hot summers of Texas, became my escape for any problems in life. My mother would sometimes leave her medical books out and I still remember reading all about tobacco and its effect on the human lung in just 2nd grade. I didn’t understand any of the terms, of course, but to this day, I have never been tempted to even pick up a cigarette, still recalling the images of a blackened lung from the book. The human anatomy fascinated me from them on. I wondered how blood flows through our body, what caused our hearts to beat, and how any of us could possibly stay alive.

Nearly six years ago I had to make decisions regarding my future. This included decisions based on my education. It was not an easy period of my life. At the time, I had to leave my native country, the life I was used to, and, most painfully, my family. I came to the United States with my father and his wife. They were the only family members and people I knew in this country. Many things drove me to make such a life altering decision, one of them being the idea of countless opportunities for me to study whatever I dreamt about in a free country, instead of being assigned a career, which is what is done in Cuba. Even though I entered a magnificent high school in Cuba, the only one of the kind in the province, I was not happy with the future

This is not simply an autobiography. This is a narrative centralized around my yesterdays and the effects the choices of my past have had on my todays and tomorrows. This is a literary progression encompassing the results of fifteen years of life, and a celebration of the possible outcomes of many more to come. This is a tale of failure and the immense growth that resulted in recuperation. This is my story, how I learned to carve my own path, to not be simplistic, to withstand conforming to the binding standards of society, and to be the definition of excellence. This is an account of my life, so far as I can recall it.

It`s strange the way we look back on the past. How we consider the advice we would tell our younger selves, `you`ll be okay,` or `he does not define you.` The idea most prominent in my mind was put forward by my father, `Life is all about taking chances.` The words seemed to ricochet off of me, as if his mouth was a gun and I was wearing a bullet proof vest.

During our teenage years, we often become confused and lose track of who we are and what we are passionate of. Although I acknowledge that I am losing certain things in life, I am also gaining a variety of opportunities to make up my losses. I believe that I should be the winner of this scholarship because I have rediscovered what I can am zealous about and my first step to accomplishing my goal is to attend the college of my dreams. With this scholarship, I can lift a bit of the burden of tuition off of my family and can thoroughly keep my concentration on my studies in order to achieve my goal of becoming a successful financial adviser and help others improve their living situations. If I were to be awarded this scholarship, I can then reach

All my life I’ve been limited. Often as a result of preformed ideals my parents had, they wouldn’t permit me to explore a passion I held. Other times, I could pursue an interest but meagerly because of my obligation to watch my siblings. Furthermore, as a middle child, I’m expected to be indecisive or wavering. My parents expect me to supersede my sister and precisely mimic her activities and interests. However, science enables me to be limitless. The whole concept of any science area is speculating beyond the known: investigating and stretching human understanding past the accepted range. Although science subjects are not my best, they are my favorite because science instructs me how to begin investigating and ultimately to discover what

My life and career paths took a different turn ever since I came to realize my full talent and potential in sports. This triggered the planning of a crucial conversation between my father and me, and I believe that it is very important for both of us, since the decisions that we shall make will have direct consequences for my family and me at large. Although I have studied hard enough in school and even got the chance to go to college, I feel that I don’t want to pursue a career that is linked to academics. With the recent realization of my full potential in the utilization of my talent, I feel so bored about school and feel that with playing soccer, I might go further compared to where my academics in college would take me. However, my parents

People often prefer to believe that it’s possible to hide pieces of ourselves that we don’t want people to see. And the fact is what we want to hide from others is something that we fear to face ourselves. The less we face these parts of ourselves, the more they hurt us. Learning about ourselves and facing all the facts of ourselves, especially those that we strive not to see, is the key to integration with ourselves, as well as connecting with other people. The less fluidity within ourselves to go in and out of our emotional spaces, the more likely ruptures will be caused in our relationships when blocked avenues explode.

My mind was not set to go to college. I am the first in my family to go to college. In high school, my grades were not the best. The school I went to only put all their focus on students with 3.0 GPA average and up. They barely worked with people under that and my GPA average was 2.5. But my family made me believe I can do whatever I put my mind to. They helped me through my childhood struggles and are now helping me with my adulthood struggles by cause of wanting to watch me excel. I choose Norfolk State due to hearing countless of great commentaries about the school and it is convenient to visit home anytime.

You don’t ever think about how important certain moments are going to be, until that's all you have left to remember someone by. This is a phrase that I hold dearly to me and this is what life has taught me. I had a friend, a best friend that I loved and could always count on no matter what. I’m going to tell you about the exact moment that I realized what kind of friend I really had, and the exact moment my whole world was crushed. This is what life has taught me.

My life’s path and choices had some correlations and parallels to the writings of Weaver, Tan, and Malcolm X. To venture back to a time I have not thought about in years was difficult. My mother’s important goals for us after my father died included keeping our family out of poverty, and for her children to obtain a high school education. My family influences discussed in this paper include hard work, responsibility, and education, along with societal gender discrimination. The family influences of my past did not become my future, but affected my life choices. The traditions my husband and I made for our family come from a better understanding of our beginnings, the poverty we lived through, and the importance of education to a successful life.