Admissions Essay My Journey
Admissions Essay My Journey
I've seen the finer side of life, and I've seen some of the worst that life has to offer. I've known happiness and sadness; emotional peace and tranquility and I have experienced the dark depths of depression. I've felt the total wonderment of a child with starry eyes; and I have shed tears of desperation at the total shame of our society today.
In my young life of only nineteen years, I have experienced far more than a young girl was meant to have experienced. I have lost my naivety in my zest for wanting more and more of life than what was offered to me in appropriate stages of time. I made choices that were at times inappropriate and decisions that were at times offensive. I failed to go to high school in tenth grade, which resulted in me dropping out. After that I only chose the wrong path more and ended up in a juvenile facility. In the six months I was there I began to change my view on life. I realized with hard work I could accomplish my dreams and goals. In eleventh grade I decided to continue me education and through a program called Success I eventually graduated. I am very proud of myself because I managed to complete high school and graduate with my original class. Through my mistakes I have learned lessons of life that unfortunately some will never learn in a lifetime.
I am who I am today because of the failures and the accomplishments of my past. I neither regret nor take pride in my past; it is simply a part of my past. I am however more confident of my future because of my past. I am focused on the success I expect of myself and my abilities to be successful. Unlike many of my friends and acquaintances, I no longer delude myself in the belief that if I want something badly enough, it will happen. I have learned that if I want something badly enough, only I can make that happen through hard work, determination, and perseverance.
Education has become extremely important to me. I revel in the knowledge that through education I can provide myself with the tools and instruments necessary to accomplish my goals as an adult; tools and instruments that I need in order to attain...