College Admissions Essay: Overcoming My Greatest Challenge

Riding a unicycle is probably pretty interesting. I originally wanted my parents to get me a pogo stick for christmas because they never got me one when i was little, but they couldn’t find an adult sized one in their budget. So they figured something else that is equally strange would suffice, and it really seemed to fit my personality.The reason I started my essay with a reference to my unicycle is because it shows some good aspects of my character. Since riding a unicycle took multiple months for me to master, it shows that I am persistent, even if I fall a few times. Though riding a unicycle is interesting and fun, it’s not my main priority. I’m extremely passionate for film and theatre, and there are a few things about me that really do a fantastic job at getting me ready for a career in acting.

Currently, as a recent graduate from the University of West Georgia I am working close with autistic adult’s where I help and monitor their behavior. Working for a company called Gentility I’ve found myself so in love with what I do. Helping another individual learn and make every day decisions no matter the circumstances really made me realize the value of opportunity and seizing that moment while in it. After graduating I had a lot of time on my hands, and job searching has not been the easiest task. And in my opinion, it’s definitely a job within itself and I’ve really had to grasp the definition of patience. Overall although college landed me some of the most difficult times in my life, it also held the most prized and best times of my

Throughout most of my early life, I had always wanted to challenge myself, especially from an academics standpoint. For the most part, it seemed like it was not all that difficult; that the path to succeeding in these advanced classes would not be too stressing. But this view would drastically change during my sophomore year. It was only my second year in high school, and the very busy schedule with advanced classes hit me hard. Certainly, this life required someone with a hard work ethic, great discipline, and very good time management; honestly, however my 15 year old self was not well equipped for the challenge. Also during this year, I worked hard and placed myself on varsity basketball, which proved to be very time consuming and demanding. Balancing the arduous schedule of varsity basketball, string orchestra, and advanced academic classes

They say that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, yet I tend to disagree. Our world is packed full of things to be afraid of. As a child, we are afraid of the dark or monsters hiding underneath our beds; but, as we grow with wisdom and age, those fears become bigger and more worldly. We fear things like terrorism or illness. The fear that consumes me most is that my best might never be enough.

Former baseball player Tommy Lasorda once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” The journey of our life is full of winding paths and concrete obstacles whose sole goal is to slow us down, and to attempt to block us from reaching our ultimate goal in life, whatever that may be. These barriers are there for several different reasons, whether it be mental or physical. Sometimes these obstacles are motivated by fear, other times they exist simply because we have to make a decision, and that decision can be life changing. But through our determination, and through our perseverance, we can achieve what these barriers told us was impossible, and can pursue the path in our life that leads us to our ultimate self. Throughout my life, I have had thousands of barriers stand in my path. And the only way I was able to defeat them was through conquering my fears, and breaking my limits in order to achieve excellence.

The first challenge I faced was fitting in socially. I frequently experienced being ignored and laughed at. These days were tough and I could only tell myself that things would get

There are infinite hobbies and pastimes that could ignite a flaming passion in their soul. Fortunately for myself, that flame early on, though I did not realize until years later. From an early age I was involved in dance, choir, and theatre. Though performing did not start out as a passion, dancing and singing became an outlet to express myself. The arts is a fairly difficult field to get into; talent is a large factor in success, but sometimes connections can be an even larger factor. My passion for performing, especially theatre, kicked off during my freshman year of high school. Unfortunately, the department was political and unbeknownst to me, those politics would become the root of stress and disappointment for the next four years.

The most significant challenge I have had was when I first started school I didn’t speak English well; when I started school communication was difficult with my teacher and my peers. The year following that I was enrolled in speech classes to practice pronunciation and learn vocabulary. During the time I spent in those classes , I felt left out of the rest of the class. I would go to Speech everyday and when Friday came around every week my first grade class had Fun Friday . When Fun Friday would begin at the end of every Friday I was sent away to Speech. This affected my academic achievement by making me work twice as hard as peers in and outside of class.

As 8th grade started it was the worst few months in school. My brother and I only had each other for friends. We would go to lunch together and sit next to each other and talk about how much we hated the new school. The only reason why I was able to make a couple of friends was because the principal had to ask a student to introduce us to his friend group. I felt embarrassed that I could not make one single friend.

The number one obstacle that I’ve had to overcome is my mother getting arrested during the end of my sophomore year. All this drama started at the end of my freshman year, though, ever since then up until she got arrested she was running from the police. For a whole year she was going from house to house just trying to get away and I had to witness all of it. There were multiple times where I just wanted to turn

If you asked the younger version of myself what failure was it would have included not earning straight A’s or not turning in my homework on time. Little did I know, the meaning of failure is not always as innocent as those days on the playground. The moment I entered junior year, I knew I discovered the world was filled with more diverse forms of what failure meant.

The most significant challenge that I am currently still overcoming is my anxiety. It is something that I have lived with since elementary school and my entire life has been affected by it one way or another. However, rather than complain about it, I have learned to accept it and instead take pride in it; but to understand my current situation, it is important to reflect on my past. The second grade was the first evident exposure I had to my anxiety disorder. I vividly remember how my teacher would often call upon students to recite their reading journals, and the mere thought of me being called on would create anxiety. My anxiety progressively got better from that point on, until I reached the 7th grade, where I witnessed my anxiety worsen and become this

I must have become intoxicated with my first flirtations with independence and rebellion. Without fail, the mere taste of a formidable challenge will relentlessly enchant me, as if it were a novel concept.

Something I would consider my most difficult challenge is my health. Since I was very young, I have had many issues/problems with my health. I battled with asthma and severe allergies that affected me nearly every season of the year. Halfway through my freshman year, I was diagnosed with anemia. This was not the smooth start into high school that I had hoped for. I was faced with the possibility of leukemia. By having a huge chance that I could get worse, getting me home-schooled and taken out of all extra curricular activities was definitely a frequently questioned that my doctors and parents contemplated for a while. This carried into my sophomore year, where it greatly began to affect my school attendance and performance. I would miss up

Some experts say success is the result of an accumulated advantage, if this were true then my life has been an accumulated disadvantage, but I have triumph against all odds. I was born in adverse circumstances. I was compel to work from a young age. When I began to understand my surroundings I knew a college education was inconceivable.