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UT AUSTIN transfer student essay.PROMPT: Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
ESSAY: Some people believe in love at first sight, while other people believe that it takes time to love someone. It is hard to form a relationship with someone whom you do not even know. In order to build a strong bond between two people it takes time, patience, and trust. If that relationship goes well then it ends in a marriage. However, there are still some cultures out there that do not allow their children to meet that special someone on their own. Growing up in America, I never thought that this would happen to me. I never thought that my parents would not even allow me the chance to find someone on my own. The idea of having an arranged marriage did not even come to mind, because I knew that an arranged marriage meant that it would be an agreement between two families rather than the couple getting married. It was only my senior year of high school, and my mother started to complain how I was not even engaged yet. Even though we had been living in America for so long, my parents still had that narrow minded mentality of getting girls married at an early age. My mother would repeat the same thing over and over again, about how I will never find a decent husband if I get too old. I ignored everything my mother said, and inside I knew that I would find someone whom I loved. However, I was wrong. As days went by, my parents started to get more serious about me getting married. My mother tried all her best to find someone for me who lived in America, but when my mother would send my picture out to the opposite side, I would either get rejected because of my short stature or my dark skin color. Even with matchmakers involved, nothing was getting accomplished. I was not hurt by all this because I was not ready to get engaged to someone who was willing to get married to me without even knowing me from the inside. Summer was here, and my family had decided to visit our family in Pakistan. I thought to myself that my vacation to Pakistan would get me away from this marriage chaos for a little while. When we went to Pakistan, I met girls who were my age that were either married or engaged. When I would ask them if they had a love marriage, they would all laugh at me. Every day I woke up with a fear inside that my parents would try to find a guy for me here. Before I knew it, I was getting proposals. One day I got a proposal that was from a very nice wealthy family in Pakistan. My parents did not even bother to come ask me if I wanted to get engaged to that guy. I was only allowed to meet him for one hour and that was it. Every time I wanted to speak up and say no, I thought about my parent's reputation and happiness, and then I just squeezed my tears back. Before I knew it I was engaged to a guy that I did not even know. I understand the fact that love can evolve in an arranged marriage, but I believe that everyone should have at least one chance to find someone that they have fallen in love with. Having an arranged marriage is an issue for a lot of girls and guys who live in America. Parents need to understand that being raised in America, children have a whole different mentality. Marriage is not a social arrangement. Marriage is not a business deal. Marriage is the union of two old souls who have finally found each other after an eternity, and this is hard to become possible in an arranged marriage.
PLEASE HELP!! i was thinking if i could get some better vocabulary in here! and is this long enough?