My High School Career Essay

I believe a leader is an individual who inspires, motivates, and influence on someone who has an array of decisions to make. I am that leader.

High School was a new phase in my life that I had no one to relate to in my family. My parents, being immigrants from Central America never experienced high school in the United States. I entered as a freshman, not knowing what to expect, less not knowing how to create a successful road to the eminent idea of college that all my teachers encouraged. I wanted to attend college, I just did not understand how to make my high school career the most, so I can be prepared for the next step of my life. I became focused on making the varsity soccer team and getting the best grades I could to be eligible to

play. I wanted to make the soccer team, so I could fit in somewhere in my school.

I did make the JV team freshman year and Sophomore year I made the Varsity team. I completed my initial goal I strived for in High School.

I still had two years of school ahead of me and high school was set as an obligation-a must graduation by my parents. I already accomplished what I set to accomplish freshmen year. However, toward the end of my Sophomore year I did not want to make my last half of high school without any value. I decided to make my highschool career one that I would not regret and wish I would have revolutionized my campus later in life. I believed it was time for a change on my campus. I placed myself back in my shoes as a freshmen; I remembered I was a lost individual trying to fit in with no plan. A selected amount of other individuals and I inaugurated the first Link Crew club on my campus. A club set out to create strong older-sibling type relationships with incoming freshmen at my school. The first time I met my assigned group of freshmen during Freshmen Orientation over the summer, I knew from the first ice-breaker activity that this was something I wanted to do. From endless laughter when the freshmen would link arms and play partner tag to the

teamwork they induced on each other as they tried to juggle four tape balls in the air, I saw that the freshmen created a bond, something I did not have the opportunity to do. The most inspiring part of the orientation was at the end when I talked about my endeavors and how I was able to overcome them leading to my success. I saw in many of their eyes that they were eager and ready to take on high school. I just wanted to influence one student to be beyond successful, but as I kept in touch with many of the students throughout the year, I noticed I impacted more than one student. I remember a girl in particularly, later in the year asked me what was the difference between University of California San Diego and San Diego State University. I also remembered a boy ask me if he should take AP European history or take regular history for his sophomore year. I was beyond gratified answering their question. These little moments were what made my high school career valuable.
I know many of the Freshmen I met for the first time during Freshmen Orientation are college bound students because of the success and bold mindset that were part of the environment they entered. Due to many younger students having me regarded as a student to model their high school career after as or even have me as a standard bar only to overcome, I want to make sure I attend college. I want to graduate from a four-year university and divulge to the younger community that it is possible. Due to the younger generations looking up on my generation, I am motivated to show them that college is a rewarding choice and it all starts with some laughter and a helping hand.