Undergraduate / "My experience and quality of helping others." - UC prompt 2 [3]

Prompt 2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

An experience that really sticks out to me during my childhood was when I helped my mother set up her printer. My mother was completely befuddled by the instructions. She asked me to help her. I was hesitant at first but I changed my mind soon after. The instructions were not very helpful. I followed the instructions exactly but the printer and computer would not respond the way it was supposed to described on the manual. I did not want to just tell my mother that I was useless in helping her so I decided to experiment on the many options on the printer. After a couple hours, I eventually got the printer connected to the computer. I felt a little pride in my accomplishment but I forgot about it quickly. When I told me mother that I got the printer to work, I was completely shocked at her reaction. My mother beamed at me with her smile and told me how proud she was of me. She said that the next time she doesn't know how to set up something, she would go to me for help. At that point, my heart swelled with pride. I thought she would just give me a word of thanks and let me go on my way. I didn't realize that helping her on a trivial task would make her so happy. It took a while but I now realize that was the pride of being depended upon.

When I look back at my life, I realize there were other times where I liked to help others. For example, math is something I helped others on ever since I was in elementary school. I always thought of mathematics as one of the more important subjects. Ever since I was a child, I was enrolled into extra mathematics classes. With the extra math classes I had, I did moderately well. I usually spend time during or outside of class helping my fellow classmates on how to do their homework or to explain the lesson to them. They would show relief on their face and smile when they got how to do the problems. I felt happy that I was able to help them when they needed my help. During those experiences, I realized that I enjoyed helping others.

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I'm not sure what to write in the conclusion yet. Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated greatly! Thanks for taking the time to read this!

On another note, do I have to put a title when I submit my personal statements?

Undergraduate / "How my mother wanted me to become a reliable person." - UC Prompt 1 : My world [5]

Prompt 1: Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

There are many driving forces for me to succeed like my teachers but the biggest one was my mother. She always tried to push me to become the best I could be ever since I was child. Starting in elementary school, I was enrolled in math classes on weekends. I was ecstatic about it at first but then I started to dislike it the more I went. I found the math they taught there frustrating. It always seemed tedious and took a long time. No matter how much I disliked it though, I didn't quit. I knew that the math classes were beneficial since my grades in math at school were usually above average. My mother spent thousands of dollars on my education and I just can't come out empty handed after all of that. She put a lot of faith in me so that I can have a better life. My mother does not want a life that she had in China. To encourage me in her own way, she would tell me about the hardships she had. If I ever complained about walking to school in the cold, she would tell me about how she used to walk for an hour to get to school. When she tells me stories like that, I immediately remember how grateful I should be that my life is not like that. There were many things that I disliked to do that my mother made me. She made me take many extra classes that I did not enjoy, but I knew that it was better to accept some hardships if it was beneficial. She taught me to be happy with what I have, so I never asked for much. She instilled these traits into me so that I could grow up well off. She wanted me to become a reliable person overall.

I have always been the one in my family to solve most of the technological problems. It has been that way since I got a computer. If the computer was acting abnormal, I have to go and find out what exactly is the problem. My family would be hoping that I would be able to fix it. If our phones are constantly beeping, I have to figure out what causes it and shut it off. Sometimes I am not able to figure out all their problems no matter how hard I try. If I do not know how to fix something, sometimes my family has to buy a new one. I would always feel guilty that I wasn't able to help them. I do not want to let my mother's hard earned money go to waste like that. I want to be more familiar with mechanical devices so fixing them would be an ease. I want my family to live in an easier environment knowing that they have someone to depend on when something goes wrong.

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Any help would be very helpful and appreciated! Thanks for taking your time for reading this. Applications are due in a week! If you don't have any suggestions, please tell me if the essay bored you in any way or just simply how you felt. Thanks!

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