College Admissions Essay: The Hardships 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

In the novel life lessons:two experts on death and dying teach us the mysteries of life and living. The novel talks about many lessons such as

The first seven years of my life I had a great group of friends who loved me dearly. I went to a great school, and I had a very loving family. What I did not know is that my life would change in the blink of an eye. While I sat in my desk first grade year, the intercom came on and the lady said, “ Breanna Fair needs to check out.” When my family got home, I saw boxes packed with my family’s belongings. I wandered down the halls of Andalusia Elementary School and there were many thoughts running through my mind. What’s happening?Why did we move?Will I make a lot of new friends? At first I felt scared, but now I have attended Andalusia for almost twelve years and I could not be happier with the group of friends I have and the accomplishments

My mom called me crying about a week ago, after she dropped me off at the University of Akron and helped me move in my things. In an attempt to console her I repeated that I wasn’t very far from my hometown, Brecksville, and it wouldn’t be difficult to see me. Between sobs, she asked me what I’ve learned from her; if I felt she had taught me everything she should’ve. I’ve never been so sure of an answer in my life. My mom has inspired me more than anyone and has taught me to be hardworking, independent, accepting of others and myself, and to never sell myself short. It has been my dream since fourth grade to be lawyer, so while it is difficult to be away from people at home who I love, I know that I am in the right place and doing the right

In October of my sophomore year, my mother sat me down on our couch and told me she had breast cancer. My mother has a habit of spinning terrible news to sound like casual conversation. She said that we would go into this optimistic, hoping for something small or easily handled. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with stage three malignant phyllodes tumors in her right breast. Hearing this, I was devastated. My mother had recently been recovering from a car accident in which she was a pedestrian hit by a speeding vehicle. We had finally finished the multiple surgeries necessary to fix her lower spine, left shoulder, and pelvis. It felt as though we had just come out of that. It seemed unreal that we would have two physical tragedies so close

My mother was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer when I was in the seventh grade. School just ended and I remember running towards the playground, throwing down my backpack, eager to get on one of the swings. At the same time as I stepped foot on the playground I saw my brother getting out of the car and walking towards me. As I picked up my bag and got closer, I noticed tears in his eyes. I shifted my eyes towards the car and spotted my family all sitting anxiously waiting for me to get in. During the ride home, I kept asking my brother, two sisters and father what was wrong but they would not say a word till we got home. This is when I turned to ask my mother. Although she was smiling, telling me everything will be okay, I saw pain and sadness in her eyes.

One sunny day in the summer of 2012, I was up at my Aunt Jenny’s house when I got the unexpected call from my grandmother. I knew that my mom had health issues but I thought they were all solved when she got the first surgery when she was 14, but I never thought that I was going to nearly lose my mom again from the same situation. It was hard to know that I could have lost her so abruptly. It was extremely hard to get used to my mom being in the hospital and having to learn what I was going to do next in life. I tried to keep myself occupied so I would not have to think about her in the condition she was in but that only made me more depressed than I was to begin with. I did not have any one to talk to about it and I just kept all my feelings inside because I did not want anyone to know how horrible I truly felt. I started to understand for what reason and why it happened when I met to my best friend of four years. Sophie is a big

Throughout my life, people have told me many times "Success is no accident." I never quite understood what all the fuss was about. To me being successful was absolute. Something you either had or you didn't. For a while things were looking good for me. Everything changed though, when I saw a 38 on my UIL History test. This horrific failure ripped at the very fabric of my existence, however it taught me an invaluable lesson in hard work and focus.

In March 2011, I found out my mom was pregnant and then the next month I found out she had breast cancer. At first, I did not understand what breast cancer was but then my mom explained it to me. She told me that she was going to be sick and lose her hair for a little while. I am an emotional person and I did not know if my mom was going to be okay, so I cried a lot and my grades began to drop. I talked to my counselor often and we became very close because I was always there because of this situation. After my baby sister was born, the treatments and medicine became stronger but she became weaker. In the end, she beat cancer and now is living a healthy life. The lesson I learned is that all

The obstacles we face in life have ways of shaping and molding us into the people we become in the future. Depression and anxiety are issues that I still continue to deal with to this day. Yet, through years of self healing, I have been able to reveal a tenacious side of myself that I had no idea even existed. These issues stem from relentless bullying I experienced throughout middle school. I felt as if I was not worthy of respect like everyone else around me. Going to school day after day with people who detested my existence was unbearable. It was like walking into a lion's den wearing a necklace constructed of nothing more than meat. On many occasions walked in on conversations that I was the topic of. Eighth grade brought me the most turmoil.

I don't want to finish this book. The harder school gets for him the harder it gets to read. I can't stand him being lonely I remember the feeling. there was that this time in my life when I was incredibly lonely and sad. I just keep reliving it through him and it just makes my heart heavy. When I first laid eyes on you I didn't really have a lot of thoughts. All I remember was thinking you must be in your twenties that is until justin told me you were a freshman then The subject turned to something else. You really didn't talk much. I understand why you wouldn’t want to get attached. To people and I may be jumping around a bit because I doubt the first time you looked at me you gave me a second glance I was in band uniform for god sakes. I just mean in general I feel like now you are attached to me and I you. I do think there are still things in our relationship that we haven't experienced yet. I'm not meaning getting married or an of that I mean we haven't even had a fight yet. Maybe we wount. I argue about everything I'm surprised that we don't fight. I feel like I

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.

Everyone has a story, and I am here to share mine. Since as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a doctor. I am infatuated with giving my all to help others. While this is true, during my senior year of high school I allowed others around me to choose my destiny. My freshmen year of college, I declared my major “petroleum engineering” because I was told that making it out of medical school was tough and most people were not able to do so. It was embedded in my head; they had sold the idea. The first two years of college were rough for me, and it showed in my GPA. The classes were difficult, not because I was incapable of learning the information, but because I had no interest in the information I was learning. I was very involved

As a child, I had a happy family. My parents got along well and my father ended up buying a pizza restaurant after we moved to Myrtle Creek from Pendleton. When I was around five years old, I noticed that my parents began arguing and not sleeping in the same room. Because I was so young, I did not quite understand what was happening. One night, my parents sat my brother and I down and told us that my dad would be moving out. At five years old, I did not really understand what this meant. My parents went to court and decided that my dad would get custody of me and my brother every weekend. About a year after my parents split up, my mom decided to start dating again. It was not long until they decided to get married. Not soon after that, my mom found out she was pregnant. At this time, I was seven and my brother was 13. When my little brother was born, everything was good for awhile. But once my brother got into high school, things took a turn for the worse. He began using drugs at parties his freshman year. He was not addicted yet so my family had no clue. At this time, my uncle was diagnosed with Leukemia, which was a huge tragedy for my family. My mom had a toddler and was

On the day of October 7, My mom picked me up from dance at 9. I walked in my house and walked back to my bedroom and plugged my phone in, as I walked out of my bedroom and walked to the bathroom my dad had yelled my name to come here. My mom and dad were in their bedroom and I continued on to go to the bathroom. As I was walking in my mom walked out into the hallway and I whispered to her and said what does he want. My mom said “I don’t know” just go to the bathroom. So I went to the bathroom my heart racing and wondering what was going on, I knew it couldn’t of been good. When I came out of the bathroom they were still in their bedroom, and I was trying to avoid going in to talk. So I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen to get some grapes, and then I was heading to the basement to finish my homework. As I was washing off my grapes, they walked out into the kitchen. They then walked up to me and told me they needed to talk. My dad grabbed my hands and my mom walked to my side, and then that 's when they said my mom had breast cancer. I didn’t know what to say, so I just stood there and the tears started pouring out. That 's when all the questions and bad thoughts started to come to mind. The questions like what is she going to have to have, and then the thought of I don’t know what I would do without my mom. She came around and gave me a hug and told me she was going to be okay. I definitely couldn’t tell them that I was thinking that. I had to be strong and make