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College Admissions Essay: My Trip To Ecuador

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Imagine living in a small town of 813, which I’m sure we can all visualize very well. Imagine, one day getting the opportunity to fly 3,247 miles south to a city called Quito, in Ecuador. Excitingly, this is the exact contingency my fellow spanish classmates and I have for next summer on June 13th thru June 14th. I know as a student in high school, that sitting in a classroom for six hours a day isn’t very hands on. Sometimes high school education can be less than exciting. But next summer I get the privilege to take my education to whole new country for 13 days. Not only on this trip will I participate in meaningful service, be immersed into a whole new culture and develop leadership skills, but I will also be impacted personally and transformed. This trip to Ecuador is not meant as a vacation, but as a way to make a difference in the world and gain knowledge about a different culture. As I said before, I will be participating in significant amounts of service. My classmates and I will be working side by side with locals, We will gain insight into the challenges the community faces and will help build lasting solutions to help empower the community. Some examples of the projects we will be doing are: building and restoring …show more content…

I firmly believe that you cannot travel to another country and come back the same. I’m excited for this journey ahead. I’m excited to be humbled; to be impacted; to be transformed; to be more educated; to be in awe; to be changed; to spread love; to make a difference; to be ALIVE in a new sense. Ma Jian, an author, said his book, Red Dust, “Everything I was I carry with me. Everything I will be lies waiting on the Road ahead.” This statement of his couldn’t be any truer in regard to my future travel to Ecuador. This journey that I’ll embark on will not only impact for thirteen days, but will continue long after I return to the United

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