kamishaww
Oct 26, 2010
Undergraduate / Personal statement from sophomore in high school - small town (Vallejo) [3]
Hello, I'm a sophomore in high school trying to start my personal statement but I'm just not so sure were to start... i plan on writing mine on prompt #1 "Describe the world you come from- for examples, your family, community, or school- and tell us how your world shaped your dreams and aspirations. " i know for a fact in my statement i want to mention some of the following:
-How i come from a small town (Vallejo) in which has a lot of violence and gang related activities and i have been able to become one of the few to not get involved with it, but although I "live above" I still plain to escape this town and explore whats outside of this four walls.
-How it was hard growing-up and watching my parents fight mentally emotionally and physically
-how there divorce was hard on both me and my brother but i had to hold all my pain in, because i had to be the shoulder my brother cried on
-how my parents are still fighting over who gets the kids in the divorce
-me not having anyone in the family really to talk to about how i feel
-both of my parents being currently unemployed
-how I'm told over and over a cant mess up because I'm not only a role-model for my brother but also my half sister, step brother, step sisters, and cousins(who happen to live with my mother)
-the tragic recent deaths on my fathers side of the family (grandma, grandpa and 2 great grandmothers)
>my grandma being the only person I'm really close to in the family
-my family in the Philippines dying (me not knowing them well but seeing my mother and grandma cry and hearing there stores)
-having not only 2 parents but also step parent trying to replace your other parent.
-DEPRESSION!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! I have a lot to say but I'm just not so sure how start it/ put it in a essay!?!
Hello, I'm a sophomore in high school trying to start my personal statement but I'm just not so sure were to start... i plan on writing mine on prompt #1 "Describe the world you come from- for examples, your family, community, or school- and tell us how your world shaped your dreams and aspirations. " i know for a fact in my statement i want to mention some of the following:
-How i come from a small town (Vallejo) in which has a lot of violence and gang related activities and i have been able to become one of the few to not get involved with it, but although I "live above" I still plain to escape this town and explore whats outside of this four walls.
-How it was hard growing-up and watching my parents fight mentally emotionally and physically
-how there divorce was hard on both me and my brother but i had to hold all my pain in, because i had to be the shoulder my brother cried on
-how my parents are still fighting over who gets the kids in the divorce
-me not having anyone in the family really to talk to about how i feel
-both of my parents being currently unemployed
-how I'm told over and over a cant mess up because I'm not only a role-model for my brother but also my half sister, step brother, step sisters, and cousins(who happen to live with my mother)
-the tragic recent deaths on my fathers side of the family (grandma, grandpa and 2 great grandmothers)
>my grandma being the only person I'm really close to in the family
-my family in the Philippines dying (me not knowing them well but seeing my mother and grandma cry and hearing there stores)
-having not only 2 parents but also step parent trying to replace your other parent.
-DEPRESSION!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! I have a lot to say but I'm just not so sure how start it/ put it in a essay!?!
