Undergraduate / "The irony of suffering " - my UCF Entrance Essay (obstacle, bump) [5]

1. If there has been some obstacle or bump in the road in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.
2. How has your family history, culture or environment influenced who you are?

The irony of suffering

Suffering in life can sometimes be just the thing a person needs. Can you possibly imagine a life without struggles? People wouldn't know how to handle devastating situations, or any situation for that matter. All throughout my childhood I had been ill advised on all of the false indications of how perfect everything in life was. Unfortunately I learned quickly that the deceitful beauties in life are really only the makeup covering the realities that people face day to day. Certainly if people go through struggles they will become tenacious as they realize that they are not threatened by personal growth experiences. If and when faced with obstacles in life, people tend to become superior through the experience.

It was when my father and brother died that I comprehended the perception of a difficult encounter becoming essential in life. My mom and I went through the most devastating time in our lives after this tragedy. Although it seemed as if our lives as we knew it were over, we decided to make the best of what we were left with. I had already joined the volunteer program at Baptist hospital and so with time I was back and volunteering again. I have now been there since 2007 and I am planning a mission with a local church group to accumulate goods and supplies in order to help other families that are less fortunate than my own.

This situation has definitely influenced who I am today. My dream has always been to bring life into this world to replace those who were less fortunate. Intending on going to medical school to become an obstetrician, I would want nothing else than to study at an institution as fine as the University of Central Florida. With its broad-based education and experience-based learning I know that I will get the opportunities that I so deliberately crave.