minixiaojun
Aug 10, 2009
Undergraduate / "From China to America" - UCF admission essay [9]
How do I make an essay with depth? How do I get that point?
How do I make an essay with depth? How do I get that point?
minixiaojun
Aug 8, 2009
Undergraduate / "From China to America" - UCF admission essay [9]
1. If there has been some obstacle or "bump in the road," in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.
It was last year that I was still in China. At that time, I did not know what I was going to confront until I got here, the United States of America. Everything had changed; after all, America is nothing like china. This is my new life, I got to get accustomed to it.
I remember the first day I went to my high school, it was so different that I had never imaged the way the school does. My friends were all interesting in me, because I was new, they wanted to know everything about me and the way the Chinese schools do. However, one thing that blocked everything went well, that is my poor English.
I had to admit my English was terrible when I was in China, but I never thought this would be a problem. After my first school year ended, I realized I was like a new born baby, coming to a brand new world and knowing nothing about it. And absolutely, I did not want to go through what I went though in my first school year. All of a sudden, an idea jumped out of my mind: to get a better understanding of English. I knew diligence is necessarily inevitable; On top of that, I needed to procure other qualities to get used to the life and make more confident to talk to others.
My father works in UCF, and he recommends me to go to Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies (CMMS), which is a part of UCF, but it is for the people who do not know English well, to improve my English and to make more friends.
The first week of CMMS, I was intimidated to speak out, but soon I found those in here were just like me, they did not know English a lot and not good at speaking, either. They are trying as well why can not I? I asked myself. Then I started to communicate with others and tried to make more friends. Day by day, my English had a big improve and I obtained the qualities that I wanted, that are the confidence and how Americans live. With confidence, I can do everything seems impossible. In my second High School year, I did not freak out to talk to people, and I had a happy junior year.
1. If there has been some obstacle or "bump in the road," in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.
It was last year that I was still in China. At that time, I did not know what I was going to confront until I got here, the United States of America. Everything had changed; after all, America is nothing like china. This is my new life, I got to get accustomed to it.
I remember the first day I went to my high school, it was so different that I had never imaged the way the school does. My friends were all interesting in me, because I was new, they wanted to know everything about me and the way the Chinese schools do. However, one thing that blocked everything went well, that is my poor English.
I had to admit my English was terrible when I was in China, but I never thought this would be a problem. After my first school year ended, I realized I was like a new born baby, coming to a brand new world and knowing nothing about it. And absolutely, I did not want to go through what I went though in my first school year. All of a sudden, an idea jumped out of my mind: to get a better understanding of English. I knew diligence is necessarily inevitable; On top of that, I needed to procure other qualities to get used to the life and make more confident to talk to others.
My father works in UCF, and he recommends me to go to Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies (CMMS), which is a part of UCF, but it is for the people who do not know English well, to improve my English and to make more friends.
The first week of CMMS, I was intimidated to speak out, but soon I found those in here were just like me, they did not know English a lot and not good at speaking, either. They are trying as well why can not I? I asked myself. Then I started to communicate with others and tried to make more friends. Day by day, my English had a big improve and I obtained the qualities that I wanted, that are the confidence and how Americans live. With confidence, I can do everything seems impossible. In my second High School year, I did not freak out to talk to people, and I had a happy junior year.