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KAMSC Stairs Essay

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The KAMSC Stairs The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? As I reach the top of the stairs, I am panting and out of breath. No matter how many times I have complete the climb to the top, it has never become any easier, but as I arrive at the doors I relish the heavy breathing as evidence that I have made it. Not to the top of the stairs, but to KAMSC, the Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center, a place that two years ago, had appeared unattainable. Two and a half years ago I was completing that very same climb, not as a student ready to seize the day, but as a potential applicant eager to learn what this mysterious school had to offer. Was this really all I was hoping for? Were the students similar to me? As hungry to learn as I was? I soon learned that I was not …show more content…

First came the test. Then the application form, the essays, and finally teacher recommendations. When I had completed the process, I proud of the effort I had put into this application, and I was confident that it had what it took to secure me a place within the KAMSC class of 2018. I sent the forms off, feeling pleased, but the application soon faded to the back of my mind as I returned my focus to school. Several months passed before the rumors began to swirl. “The acceptance letters were sent this week,” I heard as I walked through the hallways. The excitement I had felt while sending the letter off, quickly returned. In only a few short days I would know my fate. When the day finally arrived, I found the signature teal stamped letter from KAMSC in my mailbox, but as I picked it up I realized that something was wrong. The letter was to thin. I tore it open, hoping that what I was perceiving was only the result of my nerves, but when I looked down all I could see were two words, wait

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