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Feb 2, 2017
Undergraduate / I Was Bullied as a Kid - Essay Question: Tell us more about yourself. [3]
The whole question: Please tell us more about yourself. Is there any additional information you would like EOP to consider in determining your admission to the program?
We are all unique in some way, but what makes me unique from other people is not that I am the captain of an athletic team, or that I have run for office in the school. What makes me different is that I am a positive person. In tough situations, I tend to always have a smile on my face even if it is fake because I don't like to put myself down or let myself give up.
When I first moved to the USA. I was bullied at my elementary school. I remember my bullies used to make fun of how I ran, and how I talked. This led me to think that I was a weakling and that I couldn't take a stand for myself. I didn't think that a new place would be so unwelcoming and when I saw all of this negativity around me, I hid myself like a jack in the box, but the difference was that the handle was broken. I used to put a fake smile on my face and act like as if I was the happiest person alive and had nothing to worry about in life. I let negativity take over me.
Eventually, I was tired of being trapped in the inside of the jack in a box. I wanted to figure out a way to be able to spring out again. I knew from the inside that I was not the person that I was displaying I was a whole different person.
My first step was to share my opinion in class regardless of having the fear that my classmates might disagree with me. I also started to answer questions even when I had the doubt that I might be wrong. By doing this I gained confidence in myself. I felt like a seed that had just been planted and was now going to blossom into a beautiful flower. From then and there, I never wanted to feel like a weakling again. I was able to turn my negativity into positivity and flip my world upside down.
The whole question: Please tell us more about yourself. Is there any additional information you would like EOP to consider in determining your admission to the program?
trapped inside of the jack in a box
We are all unique in some way, but what makes me unique from other people is not that I am the captain of an athletic team, or that I have run for office in the school. What makes me different is that I am a positive person. In tough situations, I tend to always have a smile on my face even if it is fake because I don't like to put myself down or let myself give up.
When I first moved to the USA. I was bullied at my elementary school. I remember my bullies used to make fun of how I ran, and how I talked. This led me to think that I was a weakling and that I couldn't take a stand for myself. I didn't think that a new place would be so unwelcoming and when I saw all of this negativity around me, I hid myself like a jack in the box, but the difference was that the handle was broken. I used to put a fake smile on my face and act like as if I was the happiest person alive and had nothing to worry about in life. I let negativity take over me.
Eventually, I was tired of being trapped in the inside of the jack in a box. I wanted to figure out a way to be able to spring out again. I knew from the inside that I was not the person that I was displaying I was a whole different person.
My first step was to share my opinion in class regardless of having the fear that my classmates might disagree with me. I also started to answer questions even when I had the doubt that I might be wrong. By doing this I gained confidence in myself. I felt like a seed that had just been planted and was now going to blossom into a beautiful flower. From then and there, I never wanted to feel like a weakling again. I was able to turn my negativity into positivity and flip my world upside down.
