Overcoming Failure Research Paper

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Failure is a huge thing in life, if someone doesn't fail they never know what it truly feels like to succeed. In my life I've failed many times but I've been more successful because of every failure. A time of failure I am going to share is when I was being recruited by Vanderbilt University but my standardized test scores weren't high enough. I went on my unofficial visit to the school in April of 2015 and I remember talking to head coach, Darren Ambrose on the last day of my visit and he told me that as much as they wanted me to attend Vanderbilt, I wouldn't be able to attend unless I brought my scores up. I was crushed, I felt like I failed because my scores weren't high enough, I felt dumb. I've been through many failures but nothing like …show more content…

I had such a strong (antipathy) towards everything after hearing this news, I didn't want to talk to anyone or do anything. On the plane ride home I remember crying a lot and just thinking about how my dream to play soccer at Vanderbilt had come to an end. When I got home I had a family dinner and I caught my family up on my trip and I told them how I didn't think I would be able to get my scores to where they needed to be, and they thought I was being (preposterous) After hearing my family all give me some motivation and pick me up, I realized that I wanted to prove it to myself and all the doubters that I could make it into Vanderbilt. The next day my mom registered me for the June 6, 2015 SAT, and the next ACT that was available. I went to school and asked my teacher Ms. Serina to tutor me everyday and help me prep for the big test days! As a recruited athlete I have a curved score scale, I needed to get my scores to a 1700 on the SAT and a 24 on the …show more content…

When the SAT date came I was so nervous but I was so ready, I took the SAT and just needed to wait for the score report, then I took the ACT and I gave it my all! After getting me scores back for the SAT I went up 330 points and I was ecstatic, and I called my coach right away! He was absolutely blown away and couldn't stop expressing how proud of me he was, he told me that he wanted me to "Verbally Commit to Vanderbilt" and I did during that phone call! Then I got my ACT scores back I increased from a 18 to a 26! I called my coach and he was again blown away and just expressed how much he can't wait for me to be apart of the team! "I did it, I really did it" is all that was going through my head every time I thought about it! I can't wait to start my life in Nashville, Tennessee at Vanderbilt University! I realize now that if I hadn't failed by not meeting the score scale at first I wouldn't have realized how much hard work truly pays off if you give it your

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