Overcoming the Challenges that May Come at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Describe the most challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” What the Roman poet Horace was saying was that when there is an obstacle in our way, our true colors will radiate. I could not agree more. When we as human beings feel passionate about achieving a goal, we may learn something new of ourselves, maybe a new trait that we did not know we possessed, when we reach new heights we did not know we could push ourselves towards. Challenges are similar to tests. Challenges are faced every day, but how we respond to them determines how strong we really are. Prime examples are superheroes and students that move dramatically.

The challenges I go through on a daily basis is bulling from other students, being called names by my brother, myself not thinking positively, me not staying calm in situations, etc. The way I find strength to help me through my challenges is my mostly my parents, and my parents are, my mom Sue, and my dad

Ever since I was a kid, I have always dreamed of being able to go to UW-Madison. From it being known as the best college in the Midwest to the amount of opportunities and variety of subjects it has, UW Madison has always been my dream college to attend. I decided to apply for the University of Wisconsin-Madison because of the academic options it offers, the credibility of being one of the best schools in America, and the experience that UW-Madison offers that other colleges do not.

Everyone faces struggles in their life. Some allow those struggles to help build them as a person, others let those struggles tear them down. For me, I allowed my struggles to help me develop academically and personally. Without struggle there is no progress.

I admit, I had a very challenging time last semester, and as a result my grades suffered. I don’t mean to make excuses for my poor performance in school but I would like to explain my circumstance. During my second semester of college I treated my classes like I did in high school thinking I could coast by and pass my classes, but when I noticed how poorly I was doing in class everything was already headed downhill. I started the second

I agree with Duke Ellington when he said “A problem is a chance to do your best.” In other words to me it is saying, when you are faced with something difficult you can, and will

An obstacle I have overcome in my life is school. In school I have to work a little bit harder than others so i don’t fall behind. My choice to try harder helped me to keep going.If I didnt choose to work harder and keep going i would never get anywhere in life. I think having to work harder than others pushes me to be my best and makes me a stronger person.

Students often do not take advantage of the opportunities available to them in the wider community because of a wide variety of engagement and extra-curricular opportunities offered on college campuses.

Everybody has challenges in life. People that are able to conquer their obstacles are very amazing. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross once said '' The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.'' This quote basically means the most outstanding people are the ones who are able to dominate the difficulties that come in their way.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wondered where I would go to college. I grew up watching the badgers play football and basketball, and loved the atmosphere. From a young age, I was determined to become a doctor and never strayed from that notion. Neither of my parents attended college as my mother only went to the technical college for culinary school. I never heard all of the great first-hand accounts of college stories and what the experience would be like. As I aged, I started to question people what their college experiences were like, and the topic of UW-Madison was a common occurance. Every story told about Madison encompassed proud memories of the students and their journey from an adolescent to adulthood.

My thesis is that overcoming adversity begins with early development and enables people to cope with everyday stresses. Whether there is something such as stressing for a midterm or the aftermath of a traumatic experience, it is important to remain calm, stay strong, keep a positive mindset, and get help from people whom you have developed a strong relationship with. People often find comfort in other people and by developing those compassionate connections from a young age, it will help an individual stay strong and allows them to overcome adversity. When it comes to life in general, there will be stress and there will be obstacles, but that allows that individual to grow and learn from their past which will make them stronger.

“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow”. In life you would face many difficult obstacles, but some people chose to avoid it instead. In my opinion the people who avoid challenges are for the ones who are weak minded and you can’t rely on them to do their own thing. Overcoming a difficult task is excellent because you are building strength on yourself and it helps you become a stronger and better person and it can lead you to better opportunities in the future.

Whenever I have challenges in school, like a hard test coming up or a big project, I accept it and work as hard as I can to get a good score. I don’t say ‘Why me’ and whine about it forever. For example, one time our math teacher told us that we had our midterm coming up that would count for a big chunk of our grade. As soon as she notified us, I started to study, determined to do good. I reviewed all of the previous material and got an A+ on the test. I faced it head on and came up with better results than if I had just given up and complained about it. Facing my situations with that attitude has made it easy to do well in school and the result proves the meaning of the quote to be

I was taking four classes this semester with an unusual schedule, I had class at seven am in the morning, classes in the evening and classes during the middle of the day. The class that gave me the most trouble was biology, this was my first seven o'clock am class ever and I had to fight till the end. I received a D for this class and it hurt to receive that grade. Through out the semester I was contemplating if I should withdraw or not but something kept telling me to keep on pushing. At some point of the semester I knew that I wasn't to receive a great grade so I decided to meet with the professor and discuss my grade. This helped me out tremendously because, the professor was encouraging me and telling me that I could still do good in his final. After having this conversation with my professor, I felt a lot better about the semester and decided that everything was going to be alright. My GPA didn't go below 2.0, and technically didn't fail the class because D wasn't failing in this college but I'll say after receiving that grade I have put in more after to my studies and dedicated more time so that it wouldn't happen