College Admissions Essay: How Books Influenced My Life

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Essay number one Born with a single tooth, mother used to say I came out smiling, and I guess I never stopped. Smiles, books, and sun were among the things that composed my childhood, the smiles usually resulting from the books and sun. This situation of strictly happy memories of a loving and bookish family, strong Christian education, and a healthy community helped shape me to be the person I am today. My dad taught me that books could be my teachers, my mom taught me that our backyard could be my classroom, and my sister showed me that you could bring books into the swimming pool. I did not know it when I would spend hours in the pool reading a book that my parents weren’t encouraging it in vain, but my family life, for good reason, was centered on books. We were the planets orbiting around one sun that was the bookshelf. Little did I know that books would be the catalyst to academic success in my early life, and I owe it all to my family. Although a life with a book in your nose might seem boring, I was never bored. Living through the characters vicariously, I explored Narnia with Lucy, attended Hogwarts with Harry, and rode dragons with Eragon. Of course …show more content…

Paul Lutheran. There, my family made lifelong friends, so I have never felt alone. One experience that shaped my upbringing was my mom’s decision to start an organization that would benefit our community. My freshman year, we started buying backpacks full of food to underprivileged elementary school children to take home for the weekend. On Mondays, they brought back the backpacks back to school for us to pick them up and refill them. Since then, most Wednesdays of the school year I pack backpacks, and we have since moved the organization from my house to our church. Through this experience, I have realized how important it is to appreciate the things I have, and I look forward to continuing the tradition by starting my own project as an

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