College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me Who I Am

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The best advice I have ever gotten in my life is "You won't ever fail unless you just simply stop trying". Advice from family members and friends are something I will always take with me no matter the position I am in or the struggles I am facing. I will always remember this as a statement to never give up and when times become hard just keep on pushing through them. Now, needless to say, I have been stressed and had struggled along the way, but, I mean who doesn’t while they are juggling college classes, high school classes, and maintaining an exceptional GPA. Life has thrown at me some troubling times but has also set the bar for what I want and what I expect from myself.
When thinking about how my life has changed from when I was in middle school to the last year of my high school career, I think about all the accomplishments I have made and succeeded in. I think about how emotionally intelligent I have made myself become, how I have made myself proud of who I have become, and how differently my life could have been if I had taken a different path. My choices in life has created the type of atmosphere I am comfortable around and most …show more content…

Delaying that gratification can construct a way of learning how to be what I believe, successful in my life. Having a successful career path, will have an effect on me that I know that I will love. I am the type of person that wants to have a plan, I want to have my life figured out before I feel that it is too late. Applying for colleges have been the most fun and most eye opening time so far in my life. I have never been able to write down all my accomplishments that I have never given up on and actually looked at them and been as proud as I was when I took a moment and said “yeah I actually accomplished all of those” I accomplished all those activities and community hours that I can honestly say that I would never want to

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