College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me Who I Am

comes I'm hoping to be a professional cosmetologist working in a salon or even owning a salon myself in California or Mexico. My goal is to have completed beauty school, so that I can get my salon and be my own boss to bolster my family. I will not be such a reticent person anymore, but instead I will now be more communicative and vociferous. I will have a stable income and a family to look upon to. My plans are also to exercise more and be robust. My family is the most precious thing I have in the world because they are the ones who push me forward to succeed my dreams. I can just imagine how euphoric I would be to have the life I have always planned

Ever since I was little I have aspired to be something great in life, a chef, a pro. soccer player, and an artist. I still hold on to those dreams in hopes they will come true. All of these dreams shape who I am today. I play soccer for “Charlotte Soccer Academy” and previously for the “Waddell Soccer Team”. Both have kept me being a team player and a stronger leader. I go to visual arts camp over the summer and try to use creativity at any moment possible. I love making cupcakes and baking which also allow me to be creative. I have finally realized that all of these dreams originated from my family. I pursued soccer, like my parents did throughout their lives. I continue drawing, like my mother and father did until it became their life and jobs. I am still love making cakes and cupcakes every weekend, just like how i've seen my grandmother make them. Life has a very strange and mind-boggling way of turning out. I know that sounds cheesy, but it is really true.

If I could have my ideal future, I think it would be what people consider the American dream. Meaning a husband, children and a stable job, in my case a therapist. Although the American dream is much more than that, those are some pretty basic aspects of it. I think everyone strives to have those things I listed, but in terms of how those things will help me here at Georgia College and in my future goals the only one that really fits is my hope of having a job as a therapist.

The American Dream has changed so much since the 1920’s. In this day and age most people's dream is to become rich, famous, and to be accepted into society. To be equal there are so many people who are fighting to be equal and all the social media spreads the news and we only focus on the bad things. Also, people are in tune with materialistic things and having the nicest and the most expensive items. For example, who has the newest and most expensive shoes or clothes are big materialistic things. My idea of it is to become wealthy enough to provide for my family and friends especially my parents because of how hard they've worked to get to the position we’re at now.

Every experience I have had and accomplishments I have attained in the past helped define who I am today. Everything I have gone through and have done in the previous years of my life molded me into the person I am today. Not only did they shape me into who I am but also guided me in discovering the potentials I have buried deep within me and those I never thought I had. These experiences and accomplishments often mold us into someone we never thought we would be. Looking back at my past, it was not all good. I regret nothing, however, for I know that everything in life happens for a reason – may they be good or bad. Without the challenges and hardships of the past, I may not be who I am today. Back when I was in elementary school, I always

Somethings that makes me smile, gets me excited, and makes me want to “do” something is when I am able to participate in something that is fun and exciting to me. Also when I am able to have a good hands on experience and learn something new makes me smile and want to learn more. Being able to let loose and explore new things makes me want to do more than what I would normally do. Another thing that makes me want to do something is when I have an inspiration to work from. It isn’t hard to get me to smile or to get excited because I like to be active and participate in things that I am comfortable with. I love working in groups with other students to get things done. I feel like it is easier to manage everything and get things done faster. I am very handy when it comes to group projects because I think outside of the box when it comes to complicated situations.

What makes you so different? A question I got frequently asked throughout all my development stages of life, by my peers, teachers and outsiders. I believe that all humans are born equal, although it’s our experiences that mold us to the great individuals we are. As for me, I grew up in todays 2nd most dangerous neighborhood of Camden New Jersey, where young men like myself born equal, are not given the resources for successful futures from our environment. Fortunately I’ve been blessed to understand that the world is a lot bigger than the 8 blocks of my so-called hood. The mystery of the unknown world was always on my mind. In Camden there is an invisible box around the county that creates a perception of the real world with no way out. Inside this box lie lost hope, misguided values, and violence.

What if I were to ask you how do you identify yourself? Not the way society or the world identifies you. What makes you, the person you are? Would you instantly have an answer or would you need time to think about it? I asked myself this same question and the first thing that came to mind was what society would define “me” as. A New Yorker, a heterosexual Hispanic Spanish speaking female, and person with pigmented skin. That does not define who I am as a person some of those are clear characteristics anyone can see. So then what makes me who I am? How about the person I am on the inside, personality, the way I think and my actions towards others? My family, the era I grew up in and my experiences in life make me who I am.

Have you ever thought about how infinitely large the world truly is? This is something I think of quite a bit, because it is so mind-boggling to think that there is so much more out in the universe that we may never know about. But, on the other hand, have you ever thought of how infinitely small the world is? Everything we see, touch, or smell, as well as everything we eat, and each and every piece wood and brick that builds our homes, are composed of some elaborate combination of molecules. It is easy to imagine how big the world is, but what captivates me is the study of everything small that makes up life, biology. I remember last year in my junior year of high school, my biology class did a really interesting lab. We were allowed to go roam the hallways and find a spot that we believed would have the most bacteria

What inspires me most is success. Success, because why try anything if you're not looking to succeed in it? I look forward to new challenges that I can take on and try to be successful in. Even though some challenges I may fail, with failure comes opportunity. Learning from a failure I that consider to be a success because I will be better prepared for what's

We need to stop checking under our bed for monsters, and realize that the monster is inside of us. Everyone is in this battle of trying to be our authentic self but also that struggle of finding ourselves.

As I first came across this essay prompt, I was discouraged at the thought of trying to make myself stand out from the thousands of other students applying and competing to make themselves appear ____ in 750 words or less. I panicked, feeling as if I had nothing to offer in regard to unique interests or life experiences. An ordinary, white, high school female with happily-married parents and minimal hardship, my story is not one that easily gains the attention of ____. Sitting in my desk at Northwest Christian School, thinking about how I could make my ordinary self stand out, it hit me that the normal experiences I encounter each day are actually quite far from normal. My life as a private school student, though NORMAL in my eyes, sets me

In my life, I have often seen myself as a polite and well mannered young lad, and when interviewed on the topic, people close to me wholeheartedly agree. However, more often than most, I find myself at afraid of what I don't know, what I don't understand on possibly most terrifying of all, failure. There are ways to overcome this mental ailment, such as getting advice from family and friends who went through similar problems, and looking up solutions on the Internet. When the fear dissipates, I see a determined and honest young adult standing before me in the mirror. When the terror of failing in life is purged from my mentality, I set goals for myself. Those including even; Acquiring my pilots licence, Graduating with a 3.5 to 4.0-grade point average, and gaining admittance to the

From a young age I was always being told that I couldn't achieve what I wanted, being told that at as a young child it pushed me to be better and to prove that I can do anything I can put my mind to, and from that day on and I haven’t given up on anything, therefore ambitious is my trait.

In my life, I hope to be successful in everything that I endeavor, even though I know that it is likely I will meet with some failure. Each person that I have encountered thus far in life has helped me become the person that I am and has molded the person that I will eventually be. So far I have not concretely decided what it is that I want out of life in terms of an occupation. I know that there are fields which I have more interest in than others but I am still uncertain about what path my life will take. This sometimes concerns me, but then I performed some research and learned that many people were at places even in their late thirties before they discovered their calling in life. By setting positive life goals for myself, I have a better chance of seeing my wishes fulfilled (Schmuck 2001). In the immediate future, I hope to pass my current classes with good grades in order to keep up and perhaps even improve my GPA. In the near future, I hope to finish school and find a job which appeals to my personality and which I will enjoy. My long term goals are to reach the apex of my field of choice and to leave this world having been a success both in terms of finances and in my personal life. I hope to have a family and to be a figure in my community whom others respect and admire. I want to set an example of behavior for my children, my grandchildren, and all the others who come after me.