Undergraduate / uc prompt #2. experience that is important to me. boarding school [2]

I remember pulling my bag as I walked into Holy Rosary International. I was finally a high school student and the best part was that I was going to a boarding school. As I walked through that gate I did not really know what to feel. I had mixed emotions. I felt happy because I was going to live my friends. I also felt sad because I was going to miss my home . After checking in my belongings my grandmother left and I had to cope without her. Life at boarding school was definitely different from the life I was used to. I had to wake up at 5.00 am every morning and get ready for the day. At first I found it difficult to adjust and get accustomed to my new routine, but I knew that if I wanted to move at the same pace with the other kids and I had to follow the rountine. This experience made my proud of my self because it showed me that I can adjust to any situation that I am faced with. I learned to wake up on time and get ready for the day. I also stayed on top of my schoolwork without my grandmother telling me to do so. During my stay in boarding school I discovered that I was a very hardworking and determined young lady who strives to get whatever she puts her mind into. For example in the second semester of my freshman year, my school was having a speech contest and the topic was on inequality. I signed up to give a speech because I had a very strong opinion on the issue, I thought it was wrong. Two days before the speech I started feeling sick. The school officials asked me to go home but I refused and insisted on staying because I wanted to give my speech. I was very sick but because I was very passionate about the topic at hand I stayed and gave my speech. It also showed me that I was very versatile and can multitask. I managed three clubs, played sports and also managed to keep up with my school work. It did not matter if I was with my grandmother or not, I knew that I was my own person and I was here to prove that point. I knew that I did not need anyone to manage myself around. I had to take what my grandmother had taught me practice it day by day until I made it even better, until I made it my own. I knew to choose my friends wisely. Just as the saying goes "Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are. My grandmother always told me to make friends that have the same goal in life like I did. When I was at school I did not have my grandmother with me to tell me what to do. I still did the right thing because I knew that I had to think for myself and make good decisions in order to succeed in life.

Undergraduate / my passion for nursing and things i will do if i actually became one [6]

provide information regarding your goals and plans for the future as it relates to the program in nursing science and the nursing profession.

Ever since i was a child, I always ...

Undergraduate / my stay in africa and my dad. [14]

uc prompt #1. descibe the world you come from for example your family,community or school and tell us how your world has helped shape your dreams and aspiration.

The world that I come from is a world of poverty, people constantly struggling to make ends meet. Mothers are leaving the house at 5.00am to go the farm to make sure that her kids have at least one square meal. Fathers are going fishing and hunting to give his family a feast. Children are playing outside with no clothes on because their parents cannot afford to clothe them. Families are mourning almost every year because the lost a loved one to an indescribable disease .A ten year is old taking care of his younger siblings because his parents were victims of HIV/AIDS. Forcing him to become an adult when he is just a kid. For the first fifteen years of my life I lived in Nigeria, a country in Africa. I saw people languishing in pain not certain if they will make it till the next day. For example people who were homeless and lived on the street despite of the weather condition. Whenever I saw this it broke my heart. I felt sad because there were people who actually lived in conditions like that. Seeing those living conditions and the constant struggle made me stronger. It made me appreciate and be self-content with what I have. I learned to cherish whatever I had and not take things for granted. The experience also made me very determined and willing to go hard in whatever I do. I became driven to well in my academics in order to achieve my dream of becoming a nurse. I want to become a nurse so that I can help the less privileged, especially the people in Africa who have no one to turn to when the going gets tough. Knowing what I wanted my career to be right from childhood made me want to come to the United States of America. I felt that I was going to get a better education and more exposure in my field of study if I came to the United States. My motivation to reach my goal kept me from slacking off from my studies. Another inspiration that kept me from slacking off was my dad. My dad is a very hardworking man who can go to the extreme to get whatever he puts his mind to. He works so many hours in a day just to make sure that his family is comfortable and does not lack anything. That is his number one goal and he can do anything just to make it happen. He always tells me "to be my own person and not depend on anybody for anything". Those words inspire me everyday and keeps me from slacking off from my studies and my priority. Being around him and seeing how determined and hardworking he is makes me strive harder to achieve my goal in life. I know that I have to be independent young lady in order to be as successful as he is.

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