College Admissions Essay: Overcoming Obstacles Of My Life

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

You never know who you truly are until you have been put into difficult situations. There will be hardships and responsibilities that need to be solved, even if you aren't ready or prepared. Everyone has that one person they know they can trust to fix the problem or make things better. I have been give that role as that "person", I have the ability to be a leader.

Out of my 35yrs of life I have ovecame so many obstacles. Being a struggling single parent, and just not satisified with how my life was going there are so many that I can talk about but these three where my biggest obstacles. But with my praying family I was against all odds.

I lead my life according to the belief that, success is a measure of our perceived reality. In many socially oppressed communities, barriers to living a whole, productive, successful life is beyond the grasp of many. I represent a historically underrepresented population with an educational disadvantage. Firsthand, I have overcome economic, social, and health obstacles to achieve status of an undergraduate degree. Overcoming adversity unifies my experience as an ideal candidate to give a voice to socially oppressed populations in need of health and well-being opportunities. I desire to effect change on a larger scale than previous experience has allowed and to give socially oppressed communities opportunities to perceive their reality with new success.

As I got turned onto my back, fighting for my life, the referee’s hand slaps the mat, and my career of wrestling was over. Throughout all the times I worked out and practiced as hard as I could, my only desire for wrestling was to go to states. Knowing I had the potential, my wrestling coach used life lessons to motivate me throughout the obstacles I faced. Although I never went to states, the lessons I’ve learned from the sport apply to any desire I have in life today. Furthermore, I’ve learned that “some desire is necessary to keep life in motion” to accomplish the goals I have in life.

I believe the turning point of my life began with the separation of my parents. I had always imagined myself living in my native homeland of the Dominican Republic. Yet, my life would drastically change as a consequence of my parents divorce. A few weeks after my parent’s divorce, my mother and I arrived undocumented in Boston, Massachusetts. Thus, at the age of fourteen, I found myself in a new country with few family and friends. The following chapter of my life would require me to not only make sacrifices but also become more independent. The meaning and value for me becoming independent at a young age was twofold: (1) I was able to help my mother financially and (2) I learned the meaning of hard work and perseverance. I recognize that my tangible core values cannot be measured by test scores—though I have done well academically—but by my desire and perseverance to become a successful Latina.

But the black vines come slinking back. The vines inside me twist and pull at my heart strings as my mind goes tumblr; crushing, pulling, expanding, slicing. That is what they do.

I had no idea where I was. Despite my blurred vision, I soon recognized the sound of an operating heart monitor machine. I tried to rub my eyes, but the wires connected to my arm restrained my movements. As I recovered my vision, I recognized the ICU room and my father standing beside me. He gently covered me, swallowed his tears, took a deep breath, and told me what had happened. While he was speaking, some moments of the incident gradually started coming to me, and it all began to make sense.

While my application may seem as if my life is frolicsome without any worries, I continue to overcome obstacles daily. I may appear to possess great qualities such as a competitive grade point average, a high class rank, and many characteristics others strive to acquire. However, I have experienced obstacles I fell that no child should have to ever experience in their lifetime. As a six year old, my parents divorced, leaving me confused and upset. Granted, most children do not understand when their parents go their separate ways, but I did because I witnessed the fights, the bickering, and more.

What is life? Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements; all of which are building blocks that essentially create ones path to success. In one’s lifetime they can experience tough and difficult challenges. Sometimes these challenges become unbearable, especially when the odds are against you. However, going against all odds is something everyone is capable of doing, and to overcome these challenges everyone needs to have a “never quit” attitude in life. If we develop it, we'll overcome quite a bit.

Standing at the threshold of complete maturity, I see the demise of my childish understanding and approach to life. Taking few but monumental ideas, which are manifested in every day situations, and having them develop into to a mindset. Most of which is always checking if at anytime my choices would put me in a disposition. I also see process it takes to reach my goals. These values are seen and incorporated throughout a business, or any work environment. It occurred to me that likewise these values are exemplified in school as a matter of preparation to become the man or women we need to be.

When something bad happens to you, you think “Why me?” When something irreversible changes you for the rest of your life, the only choice you have is to work even harder to see the cloud’s silver lining. Unfortunately, this applies to my family and the things I’ve had to endure. You could call my unfortunate events “a dealing of bad cards”. The way I see it is, it’s only a bad hand, so I can still win the game. My life started in San Jose, California. Our family consisted of my mom, dad, little brother, and I, living in a small town called Campbell. Money was a big issue and no matter where my parents looked, there was nowhere else in California they could find to fit the financial budget, and somewhere where my little brother

“Success is not only a goal it is a journey. When you commit yourself to the journey, the goal is surely to be attained.” When someone reads this quote what do they think of? They think of someone trying to get through law school, a woman trying to raise a child, or maybe a musician who wants to be famous one day. But I doubt they thought of a girl, a sophomore, who is taking on a sport she never thought she’d do. I doubt they thought of that girl struggling to fit in, struggling to do the sport she has to come to love so. I doubt they thought of her telling herself to let go, or else she’d never catch that flag. That girl often tells herself that, even now that she’s so confident in herself and her connection to the sport. Despite her being so happy with herself and her sport, she still feels lonely, she still struggles to fit in.

Twenty years ago, I often sat and contemplated what would become of my life in the years to come; and success was always the word that came to mind. I only had this one chance to be fruitful and I planned to attain every possible goal I had set for myself. Within the year of two thousand eighteen I will have graduated from Vista College with a 4.0 GPA, majoring in business management, become a very lucrative business owner, and hopefully a family I can support in the future success the same as mine. Here I stand twenty years later an exact product of what I planned to be and more.

Every year, on her birthday, my mom buys three lottery tickets. Every year, I try to explain to her the impossible odds that she faces; that she is more likely to be struck by lightning than to win the lottery. Every year, she asks me to check the winning numbers. Needless to say, she has not struck a winning lottery ticket yet. Those three slips of paper that she clutches in her hand as I google the winning numbers represent a dream that my parents have worked for since before they immigrated to the United States, a dream of financial security and comfort. My long-term personal and career goal is to be that winning lottery ticket for my parents.