College Admissions Essay: My Passion As A Role Model

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I am a lot of things to a lot of different people - it just depends on who’s answering the question. My parents would say that I’m a “unique and caring young lady who’s going to do great things.” My friends would say I’m “so smart… so much smarter than (said friend.)” My master karate instructor would even say that I’m “a bright, strong-willed, leader and role model to all.” They’re all very kind and relative comments to who I am. In reality, though, I can never truly believe these things - they just don’t encompass me the way I see myself when I look at myself in the mirror every morning. To anyone looking at me from the outside, I feel that they would say something about me relating to my intelligence or my accomplishments, but that’s from the outside. The best view of myself comes from within, and the only person who has that view is me (and now you, whoever you may be, reading this essay.) There are a lot of things about myself that I feel are hidden, whether I’ve buried them from the world or the world just doesn’t care to notice them. Yes, I will say …show more content…

At school, my passion is to understand. If I don’t understand what’s going on, you can bet that I’m asking all sorts of questions, simple ones, complex ones, ones where I don’t even know what exactly I’m asking. But the passion I have for understanding things is what drives me to succeed, and that has gotten me to where I’m at today. This passion has also been one of the biggest contributors to my achievements in martial arts and music; I’ve earned my brown/black belt in Tae Kwon Do after three years, I’m drum major in my school’s marching band, first chair alto saxophone in my school’s top jazz band, and in my high school’s wind ensemble on bassoon. All of these things in my life are so important to me and to who I am; without the drive of passion, I’d be some kid staying at home with a bag of chips at my side everyday doing

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