gchc05
Oct 3, 2013
Undergraduate / Challenges faced in a foreign land ; UCF Common App [5]
thank you so much :) this really helped me !
thank you so much :) this really helped me !
gchc05
Oct 1, 2013
Undergraduate / Challenges faced in a foreign land ; UCF Common App [5]
If there has been some obstacle or bump in the road in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.
It was on the summer of my fourteenth year that my short life took an unexpected turn. From being a confident girl living in her hometown to become a foreigner was an idea that completely terrified me. At the first years of puberty, most girls are busy thinking about school and talking with their girlfriends, while instead, I was preparing to say goodbye to my best friends and start wondering how my future would be like in the U.S, because I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
During my first year living in Miami, school was something I wasn't very comfortable with, this was mainly because the educational system in my old school was completely different to the one in my new school. For me, to be placed as a freshman in a different and unexplored setting, made my process of getting accustomed to school very difficult and unpleasant.
Language was one of the most difficult obstacles that hindered my ability to meet new people and take AP classes. But after knowing the various possibilities high school students have to start getting involved in college, I really wanted to improve my basic English, because language was not going to stop from what I wanted, which was to challenge myself.
I love challenges, even if I feel scared or not confident enough I still do my best, because it is better to try and learn something than do nothing and learn nothing. That is why on my sophomore year in high school I decided to go to School for Advanced Studies. I was terrified and nervous because it was a new experience for me. To go to college instead of a regular high school, and only take AP, honors, and college classes is quite a challenge for almost any high school student.
Now, as a senior, I look back and realize that the obstacles that I had to face really changed me. I am very thankful that my assimilation into a new culture was no easy because these "bumps in the road" truly helped me to become a student able to manage my time, be more responsible, and most importantly, to experience college while in high school, something I wouldn't be able to do back in my country.
Please help me improve this essay :D I will be forever thankful
If there has been some obstacle or bump in the road in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.
It was on the summer of my fourteenth year that my short life took an unexpected turn. From being a confident girl living in her hometown to become a foreigner was an idea that completely terrified me. At the first years of puberty, most girls are busy thinking about school and talking with their girlfriends, while instead, I was preparing to say goodbye to my best friends and start wondering how my future would be like in the U.S, because I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
During my first year living in Miami, school was something I wasn't very comfortable with, this was mainly because the educational system in my old school was completely different to the one in my new school. For me, to be placed as a freshman in a different and unexplored setting, made my process of getting accustomed to school very difficult and unpleasant.
Language was one of the most difficult obstacles that hindered my ability to meet new people and take AP classes. But after knowing the various possibilities high school students have to start getting involved in college, I really wanted to improve my basic English, because language was not going to stop from what I wanted, which was to challenge myself.
I love challenges, even if I feel scared or not confident enough I still do my best, because it is better to try and learn something than do nothing and learn nothing. That is why on my sophomore year in high school I decided to go to School for Advanced Studies. I was terrified and nervous because it was a new experience for me. To go to college instead of a regular high school, and only take AP, honors, and college classes is quite a challenge for almost any high school student.
Now, as a senior, I look back and realize that the obstacles that I had to face really changed me. I am very thankful that my assimilation into a new culture was no easy because these "bumps in the road" truly helped me to become a student able to manage my time, be more responsible, and most importantly, to experience college while in high school, something I wouldn't be able to do back in my country.
Please help me improve this essay :D I will be forever thankful