College Admissions Essay: My Life As A Law

Throughout our lives, we make choices and decisions that change our lives and others in positive and/or negative ways. It is these decisions that determine how we will be remembered, our legacy. When I graduate high school, I want to be remembered by the qualities that define me as a person and the good I’ve done for others. Throughout the years, I’ve been often been described by my family and friends as bold, confident, outgoing, and hardworking. Not only are these characteristics important to me, but they are important to my family, as they want to leave a legacy in the name of our family. The qualities I have exhibited are the same qualities past family members have shown and are remembered for. Through always putting out my best effort when it comes to work and school, I have shown my dedication and discipline. Through doing what I can to help others, I have displayed my commitment to world peace, the betterment of the world as a whole, and the yearning to make a difference in someone’s life other than my

Aristotle once said, “The law is reason, free from passion.” Aristotle might have been on to something, since he is one of the all-time great thinkers. However, I would disagree with him on this legendary quote. The quote should sound something like this; “The law is passion, with reason sprinkled in.” We are on this earth to find our passions and pursue them one hundred percent, with full confidence. If I told you my greatest passion was law; this wouldn’t be the truth. My passion is helping others. My passion has come from an early age and has seemed to grow throughout my years at college along with my first job. In college, I volunteered to be a part of a program called Freshmen Connections. This sparked my passion once again. My main jobs

I grew up dreaming and admiring the work of Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, and my aunt who is a Gynecologist Specialist while providing utmost care and assistance to sick family members who were in pain, especially my grandparents, my three months premature daughter, and my mother-in-law who fought with cancer for 15 years. Throughout my school years, I worked hard towards my dream, however, when in college I met my husband, was married and moved to Kansas. It was not until, after fourteen years of marriage that I started working as a Pharmacy technician and acquiring my CNA certificate that I felt as if God has chosen me for this purpose and I decided to acquire BSN degree. Since CVS was a neighboring store, I met people with various illnesses, started seeing them on a routine basis, and tried my unsurpassed in providing them with comfort, assistance, and support, while using empathy and tolerance in satisfying their needs. Most of all, I started

An academic subject that inspires me is pre-law, understanding the factors of life and the choices you make based off self interest is inspiring to understand how people's minds work depending on real life situations. I've always had an interest in understanding how the government is run. It's important to learn as an American citizen your rights to your laws. I will further my interest in college by studying more to have pre-law as my Major. Other opportunities that will benefit me in being universal in the area of law would include philosophy,social science, and Business throughout taking college courses. These majors all connect in the aspect in bettering a community or individual through some type of financial assistance. I intend using Pre-law outside of the classroom after I graduate throughout college

Many people live their lives believing that their lives are driven by fate; that their hopes and dreams ultimately have no impact on how their lives will turn out. This, however, does not hold true when one considers the paths taken by those who follow their own dreams and desires. When one examines the lives of people and characters who follow their dreams, one can realize that life is not guided by fate, but by the desires of one’s heart.

"Sit down and look at your choices, blocking out all the voices of distraction, so that you can clearly see God's plan of good work in action for your life." ~ Jon Barnes

The book of Proverbs states “In their heart humans plan their course, but the Lord directs their steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) For a lot of us, we notice the first part, and leave out the ending. Any typical girl plans her wedding at age five, designs her dream house before she can draw, and decides to chase after a career without knowing what degree is needed. We hear fairytales and bedtime stories that make us want to dream bigger and expect more. Most of the time, our “happily ever after” isn’t that we pictured. Like most stubborn females, I thought I could determine what was best for my life. But little did I know, God’s plans are far greater than what I could ever imagine.

The philosophy that my parents have always held and passed onto me was to just fit in. Sit still, don’t let your opinions be known, just fit in. Their mindset was unstandable because they migrated from a place where challenging the status quo was dangerous. This always frustrated me because I love to talk, debate, protest, and advocate. My passion for this pushed me towards wanting to major in philosophy and go onto law school. I dream of being someone who fights for those who aren’t in a position to speak up, and to actually make a difference instead of just wishing that I could.

I am not a traditional law school applicant. I am a 33 year-old Hispanic mother of three boys, aged fourteen, eleven, and ten. I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. My mother immigrated to the United States from a war-torn El Salvador in 1979. A family friend smuggled her out of the country as they fled from continued atrocities committed by the Salvadorian military-led government. Having only completed the eight-grade and not speaking any English my mother cleaned houses and babysat for a living. By 1984, she was a divorced single mother to my then four-year old brother and my two-year old self. I have never met a stronger and more hardworking woman. Work has always been a part of our lives. For as long as I can remember, I accompanied my mother to work. By the age of nine, I could comfortably translate for my mother as I could clean a house and help care for a child. By fourteen, I was a weekend babysitter. I inherited a strong work ethic from my mother. As a child seeing my mother’s struggle, it also engrained in me a deep sense of responsibility and a yearning to help.

When I began college, I had no intention of applying to law school. In fact, I wanted to be a doctor since I was five. It shouldn't come as a surprise, however, that our understanding of things as five-year-olds is not always reflective of reality. Misguided, I started college with the ambition to get involved in all the right activities to ensure my chances of going to a medical school. I chose to major in biology in order to take all of the required, weed-out science classes. I started to volunteer at the hospital on campus to show that I had experience. I became involved in a lab doing cancer research to make myself more impressive on paper. Lastly, I joined the University of Florida's mock trial team to set me apart from other medical school applicants. I did it all methodically. Everything started as a way to advance my goal of becoming a doctor, but it ended as a calling to go into the

I was born and raised in China, and I moved to New York when I was 17 years old. The experience of living in two totally different countries had always got me thinking, why is the United States so unique, and why are so many people willing to leave their home to start a new life here. The more I learned about U.S. politics and history, the more I realized the fundamental impact that political systems have on societies, and that fundamental was the law. Hence, I always wanted to dig more into the legal study, deciding to come to law school seemed to be very rational. However, coming to Utah was nothing foreseeable, even today I still feel very unreal about how I ended up becoming a law student of Brigham Young University. It all started with a tour bus trip to the Western Coast.

There is no other part of your application that you can control as much as your law school personal statement. Phenomenal personal statement writing will isolate you from the ocean of hopefuls with comparative scholarly capabilities. Practically equivalent to a meeting, law school personal statement writing ought to present the qualities and achievements that make you a person. Try not to compose a rundown of your resume or transcript, yet rather use this chance to develop what is remarkable about you, your backgrounds, and your objectives

You have long dreamt of the day when you will join hundreds of justice defenders all over the world to fight for what you believe is right. Law School is the factory and LSAT is the big bad wolf that wants to prevent you from realizing those dreams.

I used to believe that every person’s life was a reflection on the choices they made. I believed that the lack of positive outcome in a person’s life was a result of their negligence, poor planning, or irresponsibility. I was under the misconception that when people choose the wrong path in the life-altering fork in

The main reason why I wanted to study Law was the importance it takes in the world. Law builds civilization, protect fundamental rights and protect ideas and inventions through patenting. Anyone can defend his or her right through the legal system. Law can bind an agreement to allow an aircraft to fly from country A to country B. Law is continuously relevant in many context including banking, construction, sports, land, media, commerical, human rights etc. And this excites me more, as it is very broad and in my perspective not going to be repetitive or dull.