What Does It Mean To Be A Risk Learner

I was never a risk taker. I never threw myself in situations without fearing what the outcome would be. Instead, I had an issue of over thinking, and lacking confidence in myself. This issue had prevented me from working to reach my best potential, however, with time, but more importantly, with the help of one special person, this issue has slowly been resolved. In every situation of which I have doubted myself, this person, my mother, has always been there, telling me to “just try”. With the support of my mother over the past years, I have been able to approach the situations the world has thrown at me with less fear and more confidence. I have spent many years acting, dancing and singing, however, through these years, I have experienced many rejections, which lead to a lot of self-doubt. Going to multiple auditions, I’ve had my share of jobs, but a larger fraction of these auditions, lead to rejections, and a saddened heart.

My colleagues at school would always say to me “Hey Misha, you’re going to Princeton or Harvard, right?” My answer was always “I wish, but I am too dumb”. Even when I received emails from a few of the Ivy League schools, I told my mother, “I think they sent these to the wrong email address”. The lack of confidence I had in myself worked to make me believe that I had no chance to get into any IVY league schools, and in this, I had told myself as I had done with the auditions, “why even bother to apply”. My mother once again came to my side, pulling me away from my buried confidence, and brought me to a Princeton tour, despite it being against my will. Once I entered the campus, I fell in love. Despite my love for the school however, I told my mother that I had no chance, but once again, she told me, “You never know. Just try,” and here I am, applying for Princeton, not afraid to be