College Admissions Essay: My Education Is Central To My Identity

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.

There have been labels placed upon me throughout my life. Some have stayed with me while others have dropped off. Without these labels ruling how people see me I feel like I would be more free to do things than I am now.

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.

Achieve, believe and succeed. These three verbs have summed up to who I am today, where I want to go, and who I will be tomorrow. Still to this day, my life has been categorized as the "all around." Instead of people asking me "what do you do?", they ask me, "what can't you do?" I believe in the fact that we are given a purpose in life, it's up to you to figure it out. That is exactly what I am determined and strong-willing going to do. I want the best for and in my life, the only way that is possible, is to earn it. I first earned part of my future by being accepted to an Early College High School, which is a school to where I earn my high school degree and my associate's degree. Out of the thousands that applied, I was chosen to be in their

My identity is defined by my passion for music and my willingness to work hard. As a child my parents always taught me that working hard is key for success so I like to try my best in everything I do. What I think defines me best as a person are my hobbies. My number one hobby is band, I have been in band for six years and it’s one of my greatest passions. I was first inspired to be in band when my older sister joined about two years prior to me entering the program. My mom really liked how band was teaching her responsibility as well as multitasking so she encouraged me and my twin to join and I can honestly say it is a decision I will never regret. Towards my highschool years I decided to take more responsibility in the program by becoming

I have always been fascinated with the human condition. As far as I can remember, a lot of my most interesting trains of thoughts and conversations with others have revolved around dissecting the human condition and discussing the anxieties and insecurities that bring us great guilt but at the same time propel many of our actions and schemes for self-actualization. To me, this is the most defining trait of my identity. Even though it is not a trait I always choose or am able to express openly, I consider this interest, and the values that it spawns, to be more important to my identity than anything about me that external forces can easily perceive, such as my appearance or familial ties.

Education is something that is often taken for granted. The pursuit of learning is not always met with energy and excitement and I have understood the challenges that school can bring. The challenging parts of school, however, are necessary to personal growth. Throughout my years of schooling through middle school and through high school I noticed how I would sometimes have to push myself harder than other people to be on the same level as others, and would often become frustrated in my efforts. As I have graduated and aspire to become a doctor, I have realized how important frustration and struggle is to education.

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.

A month into my seventh grade year, I walked into my teacher’s classroom, Mrs. Wong, and never have I felt so imperfect. I told her I did not grasp the course, Algebra 1. She refused to let me drop out of her class by explaining to me how important math is, and how it’s very easy to learn and use in the real world. I could remember every day after school, the same routine- cool winds running through my hair while I ran back and forth on campus alternating from the season’s sport to tutoring. My dad would yell at me saying, “Get your head out of the gutter!” during games, since I was studying math. At the end of the year, I took the District Wide Assessment for Algebra 1. To my surprise, I received an advance score. That year, I gained something

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.

Whenever the girls volleyball team runs sprints, I always scream, “I love this!” at the top of my lungs. But not everyone on the team is quite as excited as I am, so I am met with harsh stares and confused looks. Though all our bodies burn and there are a million other things I rather be doing, I constantly try to convince myself in practice that I love doing things that make my body fill with pain. I, in a sense, “fake it ‘till I make it”. But I rather call it optimism, a quality that dictates my life.

I wake up for yet another day of unpredictable events, I never know exactly what is going to happen during the day; the only thing I know for sure is I have no home to go to. I have nowhere to go and nowhere to be, I am 18 years old and I already consider myself a failure. I like to think that it is not all my fault, I consider myself a very smart guy, and I had excellent marks before I dropped out of school. It was when I was kicked out of my mother’s house when I was forced to drop out and try and support myself. That is enough background about me, long story short, I am no longer a student, and I have no job and no place to call my home. I step outside and immediately see my breath as I exhale, great it’s going to be another cold day in paradise.

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.

I think of myself as being better. Sometimes, I even think I’m the best. But my wide set of skills and my large ego has a story behind it.

The authors of this article were presenting the results of their investigation into the relationship between grade point average (GPA) and the Big Five personality traits of agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability extraversion and openness. The subject of this investigation was 434 second semester freshman students enrolled in an introductory psychology course.