Why Did I Pursue My Greatest Achievement?

I believe my greatest accomplishment to date has definitely been being accepted into my number one school, Tuskegee University, despite my fears that I would be rejected based on my nontraditional schooling background. It had been a dream of mine since I visited the campus when I was little, a dream that only became stronger as I heard stories about the school from my parents. I had been confident that I would be accepted, but as I grew older and begun to compare my schooling to that of my peers - who attended public school - I began to think that such a dream would not come to fruition. Yes, I could proudly say that I had taken several college courses and I had documents ready to prove that I had learned something if requested, but that didn’t

Throughout my 17 years of life I have had many experiences. Some good and some bad, through all of this I have learned a lot as student and person. One experience I had was when I began high school. I began my freshman year not really caring about the amount of effort I should put in. When I was growing up, my parents didn’t enforce sitting down to do homework or projects or the study for quizzes and test. That put a damper on myself, as I lacked the ability and motivation to do those things without procrastination. After my freshman year I was disappointed in myself. I learned from this mistake and grew as a person to truly start to care about doing all the little things to be successful in school. Thereafter my sophomore year arrived and I improved. I did all the little things, maybe not 100% but I was a lot better than before. I got good grades and I was proud of myself. Even though didn’t perform at the top level I am capable of, I know I can

For the past three years of my high school career, and now my fourth, I have made it an obligation to continually expand my horizons in regards to math; when I cannot fully grasp an idea or concept, rather than giving up, I relentlessly pursue the idea until it is understood. During freshman year, math did not come easily to me. I was forced to go in early some days because, simply, I did not comprehend the concepts. However, taking initiative with my school work, and constantly working through problems that were difficult can be deemed one of the best decisions I have made. Although my final grade may not have been an

One of my most cherished thoughts is that all goals are in grasp if you can work hard enought and long enought you can achieve them. I also believe with dedication any person can reach what they dreamed about.

I felt that I was qualified to be in the National Honor Society, and upon being rejected, I was hit with a wave of disappointment until I realized that I could use this failure to further motivate me. I had always been a determined person, but getting the letter that said I had not been chosen showed me that I had lost sight of my biggest goal—to be the best that I could be. Although I had done some notable things during my high school career, I had only taken opportunities that had been presented to me; I failed to go beyond and seek out opportunities for myself. Therefore, after being rejected I sought out and seized every possible opportunity I could. I signed up for classes at a local college (Hawaii Pacific University) through a non-degree seeking program that my school offers, registered for three Advanced Placement classes, got two summer jobs, and constantly searched for volunteer opportunities to fill up my free

What's mine is yours. Having lived a year in a student hostel I understood this phrase was the best to describe my first year student life. We shared everything: all of bright spots, all of difficult moments, all of the books and all of the cakes. My roommates are my best friends now and I trust them as I would myself. I believe amazing adventures and close friendship are waiting for us too! Also I believe, my dear roommate, you’ll get at least one new hobby living with me. I promise I’ll share to you with my frenzy for mountains. Oh, that’s really amazing! I’m a participant of the university tourist all around team(sports tourism university team member) and every weekend we get to go to incredibly picturesque places of Zailiyskiy Alatau.

I am extremely thankful to have the opportunity to receive this scholarship. The "My Biggest Success" scholarship would help me with my journey through college in many ways. Considering the fact that my mom is a single parent with a low income, I never thought I would get the chance to attend college because of our financial situation.

I realize that there have been many things that have influenced my growth as an individual. However, because I am so often drawn to ideas in math and science, I’d have to conclude that these two fields of study pose the most compelling as far as personal development. My interest in these fields have impacted who I am today. As a younger student I did not really care much about school. In fact, my second grade teacher pronounced me a failure, but my parents believed in my strengths, and gradually school turned a corner for me. By the end of my sophomore year I had begun watching lectures of theoretical physics, and deep space astronomy from the World Science Festival. I went into my Junior year very ambitious and self motivated! My cumulative GPA within

My first failure discouraged me to the point where, I felt like I would never reach an advanced math level again. The lack of self-confidence that resulted from my sub-par math scores soon began to negatively affect some of my other classes. I quickly realized that the trend had to stop. I worked diligently to achieve what, at the time, seemed unattainable. My change in the outlook of my repeated failures helped me to finally succeed. Throughout the course of the last two years, I have grown more self-aware in my study habits. I push myself even harder when I think I have done the best I can.

How do you demonstrate success in your life? Well if you are wondering, my success occurs in many forms and has many meanings. It includes being happy with myself and being where I want to be in life. My success also typically means finishing something that I have worked hard at. Right now, I feel great for the accomplishment of my academic success in this Summer Term-A 2016 at Miami Dade College. Where I am excelled my previous performances, such as better tests grade, engage in classroom activities, and articulate myself in public. Moreover, my academic success ranges from getting an A on a test or paper to learn from my professors, my fellow peers, and my failures. The leadings factors that result my success in this term at Miami Dade College are time management, study skills, and personal factors.

An achievement is a thing done successfully, typically done by effort, courage, or skill. Every individual has their fair share of achievements accomplished. Accomplishing these achievements help our self-esteem and help us grow mentally. The last time I accomplished something great was when I received the Top Scholar award in the fifth grade. It was a very intense year. The Top Scholar award is a very prestigious award that is given to the person who worked the hardest throughout the year. There were many times where I just wanted to give up and just settle for second place. However, my mother, family, teacher and friends kept urging me to never give up. At the end of the year, I was awarded the Top Scholar award for my class. I felt like I had truly accomplished something great. The Top Scholar award was the greatest achievement I’ve received because the award taught me to never give up, reflected my potential, and helped me develop great skills.

I had won. And I was sad. I had won against the strongest kid in my class, and I didn’t know what to do. The boy had bragged everyday “I’m the strongest, no one can beat me!“ he’d say. One after another, students failed. Again and again. He beat me, which isn’t too hard to believe. he beat me once, twice, thrice, and every number after. He’d beat me, and cheer, taking joy in my failure. I was mad. Mad that I’d lost, mad that he’d bragged. I thought, ‘why is he so strong? Why am I so weak?’

When I was a kid, school for me was waking up early in the morning. I also have to study a lot in school, then after school I have to do homework. I remember my first day at school. My mom and dad, both were so happy and prepared but I was so nervous and cheerless. I didn’t like to wake up early in the morning for school , but as time flew by I started loving school which made me wake up with energy instead of tiredness. I began to enjoy the school as I made new friends and I got to know how it is like when you meet people out of your neighborhood. With my friends I had lunch together and study together. I started to understand what the purpose of the education system. Based on what I understood I think the purpose of education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn to be on their own. In this journey of education I had a lot of positive and few negative experiences,but the negative experiences also helped me growing. Positive experiences are my teachers helping me improve, and I improved more when I moved to the United States.

In junior High School, things started to turn around for me. Although I was still placed in lower level classes, I developed a love for learning. In the years to come from Junior High to High School, I had a strong urge to make up for lost time. One class I started to excel in was the one I used to have the most trouble with, Mathematics. It seemed as though the once boring and complex equations now seemed meaningful and simple. As I progressed into 8th grade, I was able to advance to normal classes. I felt that the hard work I put in was finally paying of. At this point, I felt that I could handle a higher level. At the end of 8th grade, I took the necessary procedures and tests to try and get into honor - level courses in 9th grade. After taking a summer course of Algebra 1 and several tests I was able to succeed and take the classes. The experience was great. I felt that I was finally going the right direction

My greatest accomplishment thus far, has been getting high grades in college. Accomplishing this required: patience, dedication, tenacity, stamina, and confidence. It took patience because there were long hours that were dedicated to homework and studying. It took dedication because I had to continually tell myself that it would be worth it, even when it was difficult. It took tenacity because I knew that I couldn't accept anything less than my best. It took stamina because there were a lot of late nights and just a lot of time in general to complete everything that was required of me. Lastly, it took confidence because if I didn't believe that I could, it would have made it a million times harder.