My College Admissions Essay: I Am A College Student

Someone that I am is a kind,caring,and loving person who loves to help others. I have not yet attempted to make a positive change in the world but I do have a couple of ideas that i think will work and are very positive towards the world. I was always curious since I was a little girl what the entire world was like and how others were not in the best situations. Now that I am older I do realize that the world world is very harsh and it’s not always going to be the best place to be at certain times, I realized that when put myself in a bad position with not so good people. I’ve always told myself when I was younger that, they deserve that type of punishment when I would see people on the streets. Now I see that it always is not there fault they obviously up somewhere in life and mistakes always happen. One way I would like to help those people on the streets is build about the size of a large dog house and so they could call it home until they get back on there feet.

I am a first generation Haitian-American college student. I recently left you my place of employment to return to college. Both of my parents have a high school graduate level education, and some trade experience. Also, my parents both work two jobs and it's still extremely difficult to make ends meet and have the finances left over to pay for tuition and books. Without the aid of financial aid and scholarships, I am not sure if I could afford to continue my education. I have worked diligently to get the funds to pay for classes, and got my grade point average high enough so that I could be considered for such awards. I am confident that my hard work will pay off in the

A year and a half ago I moved from Venezuela to the US with my family; since then I have tried my best to make this sacrifice worth it and make my family proud. Leaving everything that you own behind and moving somewhere new with only a couple of luggage with you is extremely difficult economically, which is why my family is currently experiencing financial difficulties that make it more difficult for me to be able to afford the costs of a good college education. I currently work 3 jobs cleaning houses to help my family, however, it is still not enough to afford a college education. Being an immigrant is a part of my identity and it has shaped my character into what I believe is a hard-working student and person. At West Marshall high school

I came to the United States when I was 15 years old to live with my mom and my two siblings. My mom is a single mother and head of the house who worked 40 or more weekly to give what my siblings and I need. She works in a pipe company cleaning and installing screws to pipes approximately around 25 pounds. She decided to work in a man job so she could get some extra dollars to fulfill our needs. However is not enough to pay for my books and tuition. I decided to work as well so I can pay some of my tuition and some of my other necessities. But what I earn is not enough to continue with my dreams. My dream is to be the first member of my family to earn a college degree. I want to encourage those people who are immigrants and had to get use to

Pursuing college has always been one of my biggest goals to achieve in life. After high school, I will higher my education by attending college. My ultimate goal will be to one day become a veterinarian. The love and compassion I have for animals plays a big role in choosing this course of study. Growing up on a ranch, I am exposed to animals such as horses, cows, dogs, chickens, and rabbits. Tending to the animals and keeping them in good health gives me the experience I need to see if the veterinarian study is fitting for myself. Furthermore, I plan to attend BYU-Idaho which offers a pre vet course that gives students who are seeking to become veterinarians the opportunity to intern at a vet

While I didn’t immigrant to the United States, my parents did immigrant a few months before I was born in NYC at Jamaica Hospital. Because my parents both came from India to the United States without a college education, I will be a first - generation college student in my family. I don’t really know if this is an obstacle I had to overcome, but it was listed above so I included it. However, one obstacle that arises from both of my parents not having a college degree is that economically we aren’t the best. My dad has been a taxi driver for all my life and my mom is a school security agent at an elementary school for the last 10 years, and I really thank them for coming to the United States so that I can have a better opportunities than they did at India, even though that means for the time being they have to work unskilled jobs - the main reason that I want to go

When going into the 5th grade, I would drive by kipp every single day. Every time I would drive by, I would constantly tell my mom that I wanted to attend kipp my 5th grade year. When I got accepted into kipp, I was so excited. At the age of 10, I was being introduced to college. My very first homeroom was Brown University. Kipp pushed students to want to attend college to better their futures. I stayed in kipp from 5th-12th grade. Those years in kipp, we went on plenty of college tours so that the students could get a feeling of how college is. In high school when preparing for college, kipp offered so much help when it came down to ACT prep and also preparing for college interviews. Kipp offers plenty of support, they want to see their students shine. For instance, in my 12th

My parents were immigrants who came to a foreign land, knew nothing of the language and culture, and had no real educational background. Needless to say, their new lives in the U.S. did not start out on a high note. My mother would tell me stories of how she would clean abhorrent motel rooms in the blazing sun for menial pay, and she’d say that when she was seven months pregnant, she had to sleep on a mattress on the floor because she and my father couldn’t afford a bed yet. Along with this, my father would describe to me all of the odd, unfavorable jobs he took on just to make a few dollars. Both of them had to give up considerable amounts of their lives just to give me the opportunity to have an education, and knowing about these experiences, and knowing about their relationship with money, I became motivated to ease any financial burden I could for them by now applying for as many scholarships as I could.

My fondest childhood memories are hauling livestock behind the craters of the moon national park in central Idaho. Clouds of moon dust covered the winding dirt roads littered with rattle snakes and horned toads. Riding in a weathered red and white Kenworth tractor, I was 11 and on top of the world siting in the passenger seat next to my grandfather. My grandfather told me there are two achievements that matter most in life, earning a degree and having children. He was right about one of the achievements, nothing in life comes close to having children, but I don’t know how the other one feels. I aspire to be a mentor for my children by having a college degree. I want my children to have the father, freedom and financial stability that

Getting a college education was never a thing I saw myself doing as a child. College wasn't a coveted thing in my household, I was always told that I needed to get a job and work for the rest of my life and that if I didn't do well in school, then I wouldn't get into any college. I had never been the best student, so I assumed that I would never get to go to college. I only recently started wanting to get a college education because I really want to work in the United Nations. Even after graduating high school with acceptance to a university overseas I thought I should take a year off to think about if I really wanted to continue my education or not.

Ever since my brother left off to college in 2006, from the way he described his experiences to me, I saw college as a life changing experience. With a better understanding, I still believe college to be an experience of a lifetime both socially and educationally. Although I want that experience for my undergraduate year, the main purpose of my time in college is to increase my knowledge of study in a major I love in order to soon attend a graduate school of medicine then start a career as a medical doctor.

I am a genuine, honest, empathetic and accomplished person. I am more the introverted type of person. I am very curious and open-minded person, out of the many forms intelligence can have I value open-mindedness very much considering we live in a world full of possibilities where we still have a lot to learn and discover – I value more how a person thinks, his/her logic of thinking rather than what she/he knows by memory or repetition. I am a quietly confident person, analytical and respectful. I am a very kind individual but not over-accommodating, I discard people who try to take advantage of my loving and caring nature, needless to say I don’t like people who engage in disrespectful and bullying behaviors. That being said, I make

I consider myself to be a student that always show good character, leadership, high scholastic achievement and always willing to help. Throughout my life I have always strive to do my best at everything I do. I have had to overcome many obstacles to get to where I am at today. I am a person that have always believed that with hard work comes good things. No matter how hard the obstacles are I try to overcome them with a positive attitude even when they seem impossible to overcome them.

For many, after graduating high school the next big step is college. I never asked myself why or if I even wanted to. Yet, since I was not yet ready to join the work force, and didn’t want to disappoint my parents, I simply followed the path that I was supposed to take. For a while I had no direction, but through the loss of my high school English teacher and my dream of making my family proud, I discovered that college was the place I wanted and needed to be.

I do not know who I am yet. I know the pillars of my personality, my strengths, my weaknesses, and my decision-making patterns, but when it comes to knowing exactly who I am, what I want, and where I want to be in life, I can say with confidence that I have no idea. However, it is fair to give one the benefit of the doubt when they are in their 20s, because much like early adolescence, there are a series of changes occurring that can overwhelm a person. These changes often affect a person dramatically, and how they may think and behave once they reach mature adulthood. Being a young college student, I consider myself to be in the throes of these changes. I appreciate courses like Leadership that provide me with the opportunity to mentally focus on developing myself, instead of focusing on assignments and nothing else.