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Ucb Application Essay Sample

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Despite being a first year student who drowned in fear of the unfamiliar and new college life experience before moving to UCSB, I would like to explore opportunities that allow me to step out of that fear into a realm of individual growth and invaluable experiences. Instead of allowing the fear of stepping into unknown territory deter me from being able to develop life skills and knowledge, I am determined to expose myself to new challenges and even making mistakes. After listening to RA Lisette’s personal growth experience as her time being a DA, I especially began to peak interest in this job because I see my time here at UCSB as an opportunity to not only broaden my academic knowledge, but more importantly, explore and develop my own character. The different skills that this job entails, such as communication, customer service, carrying out given tasks, and working as a team, will most …show more content…

With a team of other high school leaders, I planned and organized activities and games for younger students for the retreats and camp events during the school year. I learned how to communicate effectively with my fellow peers and staff members, and most importantly how to deal with conflict in times of disagreement by finding compromise and different solutions. In addition to my church experience, I have worked at a restaurant business that required much teamwork, quality customer service and responsibility in carrying out assigned tasks. Due to its fast paced speed in serving the food and customers, I learned how to adapt to situations that were unexpected, such as when a customer had a specific request. I quickly found the help of my coworkers the most valuable when adapting to these situations, and that in fact I was able to excel in my own work when working in a

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