College Admissions Essay: What Is Loyalty?

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Following a rule and believing in something are two different things, and something I strongly believe in is loyalty. Loyal to yourself, loyalty your beliefs, and most of all, loyalty to your friends are important. The kind of loyalty where your friend and yourself told each other you would be friends forever, and you keep that promise. But, I have had a personal experience with friends “stabbing me in the back”, and that is was makes this belief so important. I had a best friend since second grade. We did everything together from creating an Instagram account about both of us to dancing side by side together. We kept each other's secrets and had each other’s backs. No matter who came into our lives, we always had each other and nothing could …show more content…

Then on January 18th we started texting about our issues. My friend had not been very nice lately, and she had changed since she was my buddy in crime in elementary school. So, we started texting about our issues. I was about to send the text, “Gtg”, and go downstairs for dinner, when she sent a text saying, “I don’t think we should be best friends anymore.” As soon as the text lit up on my phone screen, I started sobbing. I was heartbroken, destroyed, and most of all, disappointed. My best friend since 2nd grade had told me she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore, and ever since then, it really did feel like that. I was lucky if I ever felt that we were just acquaintances. This text devastated me. In most situation, if you make a friend in early elementary school, usually you’re friends and you stay friends forever, and get closer year by year. But, in my case, that fate did not happen. My best friend turned around on me and said she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore. So I realized that even though friends can promise things, you never know what will happen to a friendship five years in the future, but if friends are loyal to you, a friendship could last a

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