Undergraduate / ideas for boston university essay- who am i? [3]

ok so this are some ideas to start the essay, i still have a lot to do but i just wanted to ask you guys abotu what you think :)

Who am I? The three words that every individual on Earth is trying to figure out. It can be asked in any language, in any format, and the three words will still mean the same. A human beings' quest it would be to turn the words around; to be able to say I am who... or I am..., the adjectives next to the three are mostly found in those tiny moments when we decide to look at ourselves from inside out; when we don't recognize the person we were before.

In our hectic lives we are usually too worried about a goal or a task we have to achieve. Our life becomes a checklist. For mothers; groceries, take the kids to school, pick up the kids from school, prepare lunch. For students; study, study, study, and eat. We seem to be doing "important" yet horrible duties that we hate and self torturing ourselves for no reason, can we call it modern slavery? I think so.

The moment when I realized the numbness of life without meaning, of the constant quest for happiness when it was around you, when it could be seen if we chose to, when I decided how simple it life could be was the moment that I decided that what I wanted to achieve in life was happiness.

Undergraduate / "Moving on" - impact on my life UF essay :) [3]

In the space provided, please write a concise narrative in which you describe a meaningful event, experience or accomplishment in your life and how it will affect your college experience or your contribution to the UF campus community. You may want to reflect on your ideas about student responsibility, academic integrity, campus citizenship or a call to service.

- please this essay is due the day after tomorrow, i really really really need help if you want you can just destroy it and built it all over again i dont really care i just need a lot of help and fassttttt

Moving on, this simple term is defined as the ability of an individual to leave and let go, forgive and forget. But why is that necessary? Why should I be asked to let go of something so dear to me? The line that connects the events of my life has helped me in becoming the person that I am today: an opinionated young woman who stands on her own two feet. I was a twelve year old student at Colegio Agustiniano Cristo Rey on the verge of adolescence. I had no choice but to leave my country. I loved my family and friends and would miss them dearly. At the time, I thought moving on was an impossible task.

As I got off the airplane I realized what I was getting into, the people around me were speaking a language I didn't understand. The heat surrounding me was ceaseless and suffocating, my eyes were watery from leaving my home, and my stomach was craving an arepita con queso like the ones my grandmother used to make. I was lost and didn't want to be here. I missed my family and friends. And it was then that I got to asking myself: where do I belong?

Answering that question was probably the hardest part of my adolescence. I felt that I didn't belong in Venezuela because I wasn't there. I also felt that I didn't belong in Weston because I didn't know much about the United States or have much in common with the people I encountered. These facts destroyed any vestiges I had of knowing who I was, the "what ifs" of my past circled around my head.

In time I learned the phrase: "When life gives you lemons you make lemonade" perfectly described how I felt. Once I am out of my country of origin I become a person of the world rather than an inhabitant of just one place. I saw situations and circumstances with a different perspective and attained a wisdom that was beyond my years. I stopped being part of just one culture. I became an open book that people could color in, draw inside and out the lines. I became a mixture of cultures. I realized that there was nothing more exciting than experiencing, that rush you get when your comfort zone is completely destroyed. I want to find that place when a human being is capable of traveling and living.

I realized that I was fascinated with minds and cultures. This experience made me realize that I want to major in social sciences. I want to deeply scrutinize the human brain, learn its oddities and differences. I want to learn from people and enjoy each and every personality I meet. These are my hopes for UF, to build a foundation for the future where I can investigate humanity's past, present, and future pecularities.

Undergraduate / How films have influenced my life :)- fsu essay [2]

please be brutal :) and i would really appreciate it if the help came fast since its due today

Prompt: For almost one hundred years, the Latin words, "Vires, Artes, Mores" have been the guiding philosophy behind Florida State University. Vires signifies strength of all kinds - moral, physical, and intellectual; Artes alludes to the beauty of intellectual pursuits as exemplified in skill, craft, or art; and Mores refers to character, custom, or tradition. Describe how one or more of the values embodied in these concepts are reflected in your life.

Throughout my life I've been in many situations where aspects of Vires and Artes have presented themselves in my everyday life. I can recount many occasions where I have felt instant moments of inspiration or moments when you feel that you have acquired great mental or physical skill.

Since sophomore year I've been part of the tennis team at my school as well as a team outside. I've spent my summers using my mental and physical strength to perfect my game. I have learned that a positive attitude is the key to success; without it is quite impossible to acquire what you desire. The control that the mind gives you over your body is yours, the attitude that you have toward a situation it's much more important than what happens.

I am infinitely amazed by the sublime art of expression. I have great appreciation for individuals who can easily change their personality, change their point of view and become another human being. Their craft mesmerizes me, how they can portray emotional dilemmas, secret dreams and quirky yet fantastic personalities flawlessly.

My love for acting began when I was very young. My father would sit with me and we would watch films from all over the world. This is where I became fascinated with cultures and human situations. I also found myself constantly in someone else's mind, analyzing their movements and words just so I could figure them out.

But unfortunately there was a simple fact that kept me from being an actress myself: I couldn't act. I also found that what really attached me to my new found addiction was not the lighting or the way the camera was positioned but rather it was the stories; the people and the permission that these characters were giving you to enter into their world, their minds and their beings.

This was around the time that I decided that I had a big interest in psychology. I had found my passion. The more intense I felt about the idea the more it buried inside my head. Today I consider myself a lover of cinema and how it teaches us about the mind. I have read Freud and theories from different psychologists yet I did not find it as intriguing as what I saw in the screen. Films teach us and make us understand people, their desires and their connection to us as human beings. This is how I think that Artes relates to me. Although I am not an expert in art I have a great passion for its making.

Vires and Artes are just two of the great attributes that I can bring to FSU. I am excited to be able to become a member of the community and where I can make the most on my talents and passions. My great desire to meet new people and learn about them will make me an active member of this society which would make me grow more as a person as I step into the real world.

Undergraduate / UCF ESSAY - COMING TO AMERICA; family history, culture and environment [10]

Ok so this is my first part of the essay for UCF- tell me what you think

prompt: how has your family history, culture and environment influenced who you are?

"As I got off the airplane I realized what I was getting into..." (UCF ESSAY)

ESSAY FOR UCF- FINISHED

ok so this are my two topics, i talk about the first one in the first three paragraphs and the second one after that.

1. how has your family history, culture and environment influenced who you are?
2. if there has been some obstacle or bumb in the road in your academic or persnal life, please explain circumstances

please tell me if i have grammatical errors and tense errors :) and tell me what you think, is really importnat to me :) thankssss

As I got off the airplane I realized what I was getting into, the people around me were speaking a language that I did not understand. The heat surrounding me was interminable and suffocating and my eyes were watery from leaving my home. I was lost and did not want to be there. I missed my family and friends and mostly as I asked myself the question, where do I belong?

This question was probably the hardest one to answer in my adolescence; I did not belong in Venezuela because I wasn't there. Yet I did not belong in Weston because I didn't have much in common with the people I encountered.

Once a person is out of your country of origin they become a person of the world rather an inhabitant of their homeland. I saw situations and circumstances with a different perspective while still attaining wisdom difficult to understand at my age. I became one that immigrates and I stop being part of a single culture, I become an open book in which people can color in, I became a mixture of folklore and cultures. I realized that there is nothing more exciting than to keep experiencing, that rush that you get when the comfort zone is destroyed, when a human being is capable of traveling and experiencing.

As a result I realized that people minds and cultures fascinated me, this experience has made me the person that I am today and made me realize that I have a strong desire to major in a field in social sciences.

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration". Fear is constructed block by block, first one wall than the other until the point that it has become a cube which becomes rather impossible to destruct.

My fears started my first day of school in the United States. I suddenly felt incompetent. I started putting limits on myself. When the cube was built around me I couldn't hold it anymore, I had to get out. That's when I started focusing on high school, I got good grades and went from a simple class like English Skills to AP English and I devoted myself to understanding and studying the best that I could for every test. I would use the dictionary for every word that I didn't understand and I would translate whole books and charts for new vocabulary. I also started reading out loud in class, without the worry of people misjudging me since I did not care, I was here to learn and I had the same capacity that they did.

Little by little I realized that if I wanted to achieve a goal there were thousands of ways that it was possible and that our attitudes are controlled only by us and our will is what makes the difference.

I hope to bring to the UCF community the lessons acquired from this experience, to teach people that hard work and determination pays off.