mjr
Sep 19, 2010
Undergraduate / "my younger sister's shadow" - Bump in the Road - UCF Application Essay [4]
1.If there has been some obstacle or "bump in the road," in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances. Suggestions Please!!
As Bob Greene says, "Set backs are bumps in the road, they are not the end of the roads." Most people's set backs are deaths of loved ones. Mine would have to be growing up in my younger sister's shadow. We had always played different sports and she is two years younger but somehow we were always compared. Until she was in high school along with I, my excuse for her better grades was that the work was easier in elementary and middle school. Once she too was in high school, I didn't have much of an excuse. I grew tired of her always ...
1.If there has been some obstacle or "bump in the road," in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances. Suggestions Please!!
As Bob Greene says, "Set backs are bumps in the road, they are not the end of the roads." Most people's set backs are deaths of loved ones. Mine would have to be growing up in my younger sister's shadow. We had always played different sports and she is two years younger but somehow we were always compared. Until she was in high school along with I, my excuse for her better grades was that the work was easier in elementary and middle school. Once she too was in high school, I didn't have much of an excuse. I grew tired of her always ...
