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College Admissions Essay: My Path To Success

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One definition for the phrase “within reach” is something that is within the capacity of someone to attain or achieve something. For me, I know being successful in high school, sports, and in life are within reach. It will be a struggle, but I am willing to have a hard time now so later down the road it will all pay off. In order to be successful in those topics, you have to be willing to sacrifice your time, friends, and your comfortable habits. But first, if I want success to be within reach, I need to focus on my schooling and grades.
So far throughout my high school career, I have been doing well; however, I know I can do a lot better from where I am now. For my freshman year I obtained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 for my second semester. I was frustrated with myself because I was used to get a 4.0 all throughout middle and elementary school. I knew I had to work harder my sophomore year, and was willing to continue to take advanced classes. So far, this year has not been going as planned. I am struggling in algebra two and AP world history. I know I can do better in those classes. I will not give up on myself …show more content…

I have been playing football and basketball for quite some time before high school, and plan to continue throughout my high school career. Last year as a freshman, I joined track and field not knowing if I was going to like the sport or not. After just one year, I love the sport and plan on being on the team every year. For football season, one of my goals is to start on JV and swing up to varsity before the season ends. In order to do that I need to prove to the coaches that I am skillful enough and capable of leading the team to victories. In basketball, I hope to start on JV this year, and hustle at whatever I do. By junior year, I hope to be on varsity for basketball. In the spring when track season comes, my goal is just to get faster than I was before and break my

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