Mission Trip To Puerto Rico

It was a hot, searing day as the sun beat down on my skin. The lush green palm trees provided me shade as I sat and observed my surroundings. Children, barefoot and dirty, wearing tattered and stained clothes were running around laughing and playing. Their joyous giggles put a smile on my face and warmed my heart as I watched them.

The first time I went on a cruise I got on a airplane and went to Puerto Rico. When my family got off we went to find our luggage, and get a taxi to the hotel. When we got to the hotel, we checked into our room and unpacked our luggage. We stayed at the hotel for three days and went to the pool, beach, and explored the island.

I went next with kind of an idea I made it, but I wasn’t 100% sure yet so I went in hoping for the best.

On December 2, 2016, in the opinion editorial, “How to Get In,” Susan Estrich, best-selling author and liberal columnist for the Creators, argues that hard work, not college acceptances, determine people’s future successes, challenging the notion that people’s opportunities and potentials are defined by the colleges they enter. Refuting the misconception that “getting into the right college is a meal ticket for life,” Estrich argues that GPA’s and LSAT’s may decide the difference between rejection and acceptance, but ultimately, tenacious hard work throughout life counts “for more than anything else,” before concluding that the “secret to a good application” is honesty and that, although she understands admissions can be partisan and erroneous through personal experience, in the end, she “did just fine”- an echoing sentiment to all prospective college applicants. Estrich

In the city of Samayac, Guatemala was a small town where I traveled to last summer for a mission trip. Our intention was to teach kids about the bible, and the many aspects of it. My group visited many kids and adults in their villages local church, and played many games along with activities. While we were there it was a hot tropical day with a 90 degree temperature. It was something hard to deal with, but we still found a way to enjoy the time there. Around noon my group was supposed to do a church activity outside with the kids then later have a spanish service that I had no clue what they were saying. About halfway through the day it started to rain. It rained so hard that the street looked like a river going downhill and the church had

During the college application season, there is a reason why schools hate parents contacting admissions staff instead of students. This same reason can explain why colleges hate reading the same “I-went-to-a-third-world-country-and-was-changed” essay in applications over and over again. “How I Got into College”, a radio segment which aired in 2013 as part of This American Life, shared both the mistakes that teenagers often make while applying to college and how one man’s life was changed for the better as a result of his personal outlook and the way he shares his own life story. On the road to success, those who are the most fortunate are the ones who are both wary and honest about the way in which they present themselves, as a lot

College admissions officers say the worst essays they read on college applications are self-absorbed recitals of high-school achievements: the what-I-learned-by-working-so-hard-a s-yearbook-editor essay, the I-went-to-Europe-and-learned-how-complex-the-world-is essay and the how-to-solve-world-hunger-and-all-the-other-world-problems essay.

Here I am, standing with a mind overfilled with whats, ifs, options and possibilities. All beginning with a ticket, but not just any ticket, a ticket of my choice. I can go anywhere in the world, see anything or meet anyone. The world holds an abundance of magical cities filled with beautiful views. Paradises’ to temporarily ease reality and magical places filled with superficial smiles to cover up the hurt and evil within the country. So where would I go?

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There are a lot of topics you aren’t supposed to write about in college essays. There are certain subjects that are best avoided at school. There are things that shouldn’t be discussed around the dinner table. From athletics to sex, religion and politics, a trip abroad, or an experience helping the “disadvantaged” it is often in one’s best interest to avoid these affairs.

Over the past 4 years I have had the ability to attend all 4 mission trips that my church has offered to me. I have been to places from St. Louis all the way to Guatemala, and over to the Dominican Republic. This year my youth group is going BACK to the Dominican Republic July 20th - 31st, and I couldn't be more ecstatic to travel back!

When you hear of Puerto Rico what do you think about? Great weather, tropical island, famous spanish food, or maybe even a vacation/getaway. You see the island for all of these things but have you ever thought of how Puerto Rico became what it is today. Well first you have to go back to the beginning of everything we know today, Christopher Colombus and how his voyage help discover Puerto Rico.

Tossing and turning in my bed on Sunday morning I hear salsa music blasting on stereo downstairs. As I make my way downstairs I see my mother dancing while cleaning and she tells me “This reminds me of the days when I used to live in Puerto Rico.” As the songs change she keeps talking about her memories, until my father walks into the room and says “Oh! Its Sunday so you know what’s on TV? Sunday football turn it on!” Once he turned on the channel the national anthem began to play and my father spoke about how when he entered the Navy he knew nothing but Spanish because he came from Puerto Rico but the only thing he knew in English was our national anthem. He stated how when entered the Navy he quickly assimilated into the American lifestyle

- 17: I've been planning my college essay since freshman year. Seeing everything that happens as something I could write about; looking for some deeper theme in everything I've done or seen. This past year I've written countless drafts about dozens of experiences, and they've all felt forced. Because they were. And though I could have sent an essay with a hidden meaning I've concocted, I have decided to take a risk.

For my rhetorical writing analysis I picked the essay I wrote for my Common Application for college, in my senior year of high school. Before writing it, our guidance counselors told you to pick a prompt that spoke to us. The prompt I picked (if I remember right) was to write about an event that changed your life forever. After thinking for a couple of day, I finally thought of what I was going to write about. In the beginning of writing, I had a hard time but if I had to write it again, I wouldn’t change the topic for the world. I chose my applications essay because it sticks out in my mind.