CalvinChanCan
Mar 30, 2010
Undergraduate / My explanation of why I did so poorly for the Additional Information part. [3]
In the course of my life, I have overcome many challenges that caused me to adjust. I had obtained high grades in my first year of college as I endured the gruesome morning rush hour commute, I volunteered many hours in my community while taking care of my baby sister for seven hours each day, and I worked in a restaurant that was nearly un-staffed. But, I have never encountered a challenge that affected me so dearly. That challenge was leaving home for the first time.
For my first year at college, I commuted to class each day and was always the first to arrive. I always had wondered how much my life would be different if I had lived on campus. In this past year, I had decided to live on campus. I was excited to live on campus and to leave home for the first time, an experience that I have never felt before. But as my parents left my room, I began to miss my family and I found myself going home frequently. As a result with my busy schedule and difficult classes, my grades suffered. But by the middle of the semester, I met friends who do not even have the option of going home. As I talked to them, they told me they were homesick like any human would be but it's not like they would never see them again. Upon this realization, I felt as if all my worries had left me and I began focusing on my schoolwork, performing my daily chores, joined several student organizations. Gradually, as I became busier, I began overcoming my homesickness and my grades began improving.
I am glad that I made the decision to leave home. It has shown me how to truly be independent, it has prepared me to survive in a massive environment, and it has taught how to become familiar at new places.
In the course of my life, I have overcome many challenges that caused me to adjust. I had obtained high grades in my first year of college as I endured the gruesome morning rush hour commute, I volunteered many hours in my community while taking care of my baby sister for seven hours each day, and I worked in a restaurant that was nearly un-staffed. But, I have never encountered a challenge that affected me so dearly. That challenge was leaving home for the first time.
For my first year at college, I commuted to class each day and was always the first to arrive. I always had wondered how much my life would be different if I had lived on campus. In this past year, I had decided to live on campus. I was excited to live on campus and to leave home for the first time, an experience that I have never felt before. But as my parents left my room, I began to miss my family and I found myself going home frequently. As a result with my busy schedule and difficult classes, my grades suffered. But by the middle of the semester, I met friends who do not even have the option of going home. As I talked to them, they told me they were homesick like any human would be but it's not like they would never see them again. Upon this realization, I felt as if all my worries had left me and I began focusing on my schoolwork, performing my daily chores, joined several student organizations. Gradually, as I became busier, I began overcoming my homesickness and my grades began improving.
I am glad that I made the decision to leave home. It has shown me how to truly be independent, it has prepared me to survive in a massive environment, and it has taught how to become familiar at new places.