College Admissions Essay: The Mission Statement Of My Life

I believe that the mission of providing an excellent education for all students is one that is perfectly aligned with my past and future. Growing up I in a lower socioeconomic environment in Dallas, Texas I became the first person in my family to go and finish college. After obtaining my Bachelor in Psychology, I then became the first person in my family to go to graduate school. YES Prep believes that there is a transformative academic and social benefit for students when their teachers and leaders reflect a diversity of backgrounds and I believe that I can do just that. Working with YES Prep will help me help those who are like myself and more. I have always had a knack for helping others and this would be a great opportunity to continue

I’m awesome. It’s true. Everyone who meets me will agree, and by the end of this essay, you will too. I am from the small town of Mexico, Missouri where I haved lived my whole life. I was born on January 4, 2000. I am the millennium baby because I was the first baby born in 2000 in the the town of Mexico and I got to ride home in a limo. I went to elementary school at Hawthorne and then to the Middle School and now I am a Junior at The Mexico High School. I play basketball, football, and baseball. This summer I worked at the City Pool as a lifeguard. Last summer I worked at Pearl Motor Company for my dad. That job was definitely a lot harder than being a lifeguard, but I enjoyed both jobs. One of my favorite hobbies is hunting. I love to Turkey hunt and also deer hunt. I’ve killed three turkeys and one deer. One of my other hobbies is snow skiing. I usually get to go to Colorado every year with my church and I've been three times with my family. This is just a little bit of who I am.

The pursuit of happiness can be achieved in many ways and people mostly associate happiness with getting everything they could dream of. It is possible to achieve happiness just from the desire of our dreams, because it give you something to look forward to. If there is a desire for something, it gives a feeling of excitement and a strive to work towards something you want. On the contrary, having everything someone would want seems unrealistic and a desire for everyone, so if it happened it seems it would be a dream come true, but maybe overtime it would not be so great afterall.

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.

My life has been an ongoing stuggle, but my hard work, determination, and enthusiasm for my education have enabled me to pursure my dreams. My academic plans are to major in pre-occupational therapy. After graduating and completing the prerequisite, I plan to obtain a license in Occupational Therapy by attending OT School. Success does not come from a pay check. For me, helping and assisting others acheive their goals is the purest form of success. I want to travel and eventually settle down in my hometown. My overall career goal is to give back to the community that shaped me into the person I am. I am a hardworking-dedicated student, who focuses on my work, yet I have always enjoyed being involved in extracirricular activities. As you can see from my application, I enjoy sports and clubs. In the following year, I plan to get deeper involved

Senior year, the best time of our lives and the last step in this chapter of our lives. This is the time when we have to buckle down and finalize our future, but in reality, it is not. Although we may plan what we want for the future, the things we want are not always the things we need. All we can do is work hard to achieve our goals and meet the standards we have set for ourselves in order to achieve as many of these plans as possible.

Goals, goals, goals they're what people think about and how they are going to achieve them in the future. My three goal in life are to get in the college of my choice, go skydiving and to get a well paying job. These three goals are important to me because they are what I am likely to achieve within the next ten years. As I grow and blossom into someone big, someone bigger than who I am today I don’t mean just physically but bigger intellectually, and more capable. These goals show me that if I want to achieve them, then I have to work hard to accomplish them.

I hope your life is better than mine at the moment. Hopefully, you and Jeremiah are still together and you’re finally happy for once in your life. I hope you still have family picnics in the park ,and lay in the bed with your husband as you both tell each other about your hopes and dreams, while in your pajamas and fuzzy socks over a glass of chocolate milk and teddy grahams, like you used to do back in your younger days. I know you’re excited about walking across the stage in the spring, and finally graduate from college in the top 3% with honors and your receive your doctorate at age 25. I've always had faith in you, and so has your family. I’m sure we all remember when you changed your major from nursing, to teaching, then back to nursing

I have always been fascinated with the human condition. As far as I can remember, a lot of my most interesting trains of thoughts and conversations with others have revolved around dissecting the human condition and discussing the anxieties and insecurities that bring us great guilt but at the same time propel many of our actions and schemes for self-actualization. To me, this is the most defining trait of my identity. Even though it is not a trait I always choose or am able to express openly, I consider this interest, and the values that it spawns, to be more important to my identity than anything about me that external forces can easily perceive, such as my appearance or familial ties.

From a young age, I have never particularly excelled in any field. I was an average student and average at all of my so-called talents. However, my perception of myself changed in 7th grade when I joined the Debate club at my school. That one club helped me realize my potential and taught me not to underestimate myself. During my journey in that club, I learned a lot of things. Having needed to debate on various issues around the world, this club was an eyeopener to the privileged life I lived. It was that year I made a decision to make this passion of mine into a career- a human rights lawyer.It is has been 3 years since I took that decision and my passion hasn't diminished. Ever since that year, I have strived to be the best version of myself

Ever since I was young, sports have been a way of life for me. I started playing basketball in first grade, destined to be in the NBA. But only scoring one basket a season was not impressing any scouts. Nonetheless, I kept at it and once I reached seventh grade, it was time for tryouts. With my NBA dream still alive, I went into tryouts with a lot of confidence. When I found out I was cut I was crushed. Almost everyone who did not make it quit playing and never picked up a ball again.

It seems as if there are not enough hours in a day for me anymore. Months feel like weeks and weeks feel like days. The more I wish time would slow down, the faster it seems to pass by. I have an abundant amount of goals to achieve per day. The list becomes greater as I become older. Since I have always known that I have a passion for helping others, I decided that working in the medical field would fulfill the hunger I have to help others. I know that as a senior in high school I do not have to be certain nor set my mind on only perusing one career. I have to keep an open mind and explore that interest me. Although I do not have to know, I have always wanted to become an orthodontist. Knowing this at an early age has

Times were tough sometimes because I was always afraid that I wouldn’t make friends or wouldn’t be in the same environment that I was raised in. I was always scared trying to fit in with the kids at my new school and in my neighborhood, but it was always difficult for me. The kids would either make fun of me because of the way I talked and dressed or simple because I was the new kid and no one wanted to be my friend or hang out with me. But the older I became I started to realize that not everywhere you move to you would have friends or get used to the environment around you. There were times when I would ride my bike alone or even stay in the house and talk to my parents about the constant moves. As the time flew by and the more i matured i started to realize that everywhere i move i wouldn’t fit in or make friends like the friends i had before, so I have gotten used to the frequent changes. The way i was raised and the constant moves shaped me to be an intelligent young lady that didn’t mind being the outcast of everyone else, and being myself. Now that I look back at how I grew up, I’m proud of myself for never changing and staying the person I really am. Not once have I changed the way I was raised or where I came from, I stayed my true self and didn’t let anyone

Scholarships, for some are not necessary to help them achieve their goal, but, for others can decide what they choose to pursue in the future. Growing up, I was taught that hard work, desire, and kindness are values to live by to help reach goals. All of those beliefs are ones that I solely owe to my grandfather. He was the one who supported my childhood because my mother birthed me when she was young and was incapable of independently providing for me, financially and, for that, I will never fall short of living truly to these values. These morals are all precious, but cannot be exchanged to purchase anything; receiving a scholarship from Hampton Roads Pride will help me to become closer to achieving my goals in life.

For years I have been a runner. I ran my first half marathon when I was twelve years old and a full marathon when I was fifteen. There was cross country in high school and three more halfs, and another marathon this fall. This kind of running is meant only for a certain type of person which I believe I am: dedicated, hard-working, determined, and self-motivated. It is meant for a person who knows how to deal with pain and power through to success.