College Admissions Essay: My Name

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A name is supposed to be a gift of love, an identifying factor of an individual, but it can be a burden as well. Most people only have one name or a nickname that recognizably comes from their full name, but I was somehow unfortunate enough to end up with two names. Having two names is confusing for almost everyone, “Which is your real name? Where did your name come from?” I am often skeptically questioned or not taken seriously by anyone who I have not explained my name to. I ended up with two names because my mother was beyond convinced that she was going to have a boy. Considering the fact that her odds were that of a coin toss, she somehow knew that she was going to be right. As with all fifty-fifty chances there is room for error and my …show more content…

With no exceptions to the rule, everyone referred to me as Lea and always had, this was my name. However when I went to middle school, on the first day the teacher took attendance like usual. My last name began with A so naturally I expected to be first, but when the teacher called someone else who had the same last name as me with a first name I did not recognize as my own. I didn’t have sibling my age either. My name is Lea and that is not me, but indeed it was my name, my legal name, the name that no one called me. From that point on some people called me by my real name and other people called me by my other real name. For the longest time I loathed my legal name, it was as unfamiliar to me as the barren face of the moon. Not only did I not like my legal name but it was a complete pain to explain. I had to then explain why I was called Lea to almost everyone I met past middle school and even then some people never believed me. Every time I got called by a different name I felt like I was being pulled in two opposite directions with my body hanging over a chasm. Eventually I’d have to make up my mind, eventually I’d have to pick one of the two. I could either disrespect my parents, grandparents, and those who came before me by discarding my legal name or disregard my own wishes and desires by choosing my legal

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