College Admissions Essay: What Makes A Best Friend

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Best friend is often referred to as the person who is always there for you no matter what. Having a bad day you can call your best friend and most likely they will be the person who will cheer you up. Often we take for granted what a true friend is and sometimes there are troubles in the relationship that lead to a break up in the friendship. I lost a very dear friend in my lifetime, and I realized what it truly means to have a best friend when that person walked away from me.
When I was in Junior High School, I didn’t really make any friends since I am from Pakistan and I felt like I was an outsider living amongst mostly African Americans and Hispanic people. I was in 7th grade when I met a fellow Pakistani named Ayesha. She first came to …show more content…

You had gangs, the popular kids who played sports, basically everyone belonged in a clique. I started hanging around with these girls from High School and I began to enjoy some fame because these girls were popular in school. Soon enough everyone in my high school knew me. I felt good since the spotlight was on me. But I was drifting away from Ayesha. I would ignore her calls and ditch her several times just to hang with these new girls I met. I wasn’t aware that I was pushing away Ayesha from my life. Instead of seeing Ayesha daily now we would see each other here and there. She was always there; she would always call and try to make plans no matter how much I avoided her. She would always check up on me to see if I was doing …show more content…

Her smile and hug brightened up my day and I then heard the news of her family moving to a different state. Her dad had landed a job in Texas so she was moving soon. My world came crashing down. Here I was, pushing her away and now when I realize what I had done, I hear that she will be going far away from me. The news didn’t sit well with me but there was nothing I could do. The day came and she moved to Texas. I was in tears, crying the whole day and I didn’t know how to get through

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