brockky
Sep 8, 2015
Undergraduate / College Essay (what do i bring the the campus that will enrich, life eprirences, personality) [4]
I feel as though I bring many positive and enriching aspects to the UW-Platteville campus and social life. For as long as a can remember my parents never really pushed me in academics and extracurriculars. Some might say that it would be very devastating on me and cause me to flunk and drop out of classes, but with them not pushing me and constantly on me about grades it caused me to care even more. They would always say, "It's your future, not mine." and that really pinned it in my head that my decisions now will affect the rest of my life so I better make them with the vision of my future in mind. With that, I have taught myself how to handle a variety of situations especially within the academic realm. Having taught myself I know what it is like to fail and not succeed and that is something that I feel everybody needs to experience to appreciate success more. Neither of my parents attended a four year college although they both regret it they are still successful. Optimism is one of my main characteristics that anybody in contact with me can tell right away. I have always and will forever be an optimist I always look at the bright side and even when it looks like there isn't the most obvious bright side I try to create one and ensure positivity. I always have to be doing something and don't like sitting at home watching TV. Ever since I was a little boy I've loved taking things apart and creating new inventions. My parents would come home to me with the TV remote apart and the VCR in pieces. My curiosity and thirst for knowledge has always been a big part of me and will always be. Growing up in a not so typical household I learned many skills and my personality developed on its own. I was never "forced" to do anything so that really set me apart. Anything that I wanted I had to work for myself and figure it out. The charecteristics that make me, me are used and built upon every day. My positive outlook, thirst for knowledge, caring personality, and helpful mind will not only create a positive college experience for me but for the student body and others around me.
I feel as though I bring many positive and enriching aspects to the UW-Platteville campus and social life. For as long as a can remember my parents never really pushed me in academics and extracurriculars. Some might say that it would be very devastating on me and cause me to flunk and drop out of classes, but with them not pushing me and constantly on me about grades it caused me to care even more. They would always say, "It's your future, not mine." and that really pinned it in my head that my decisions now will affect the rest of my life so I better make them with the vision of my future in mind. With that, I have taught myself how to handle a variety of situations especially within the academic realm. Having taught myself I know what it is like to fail and not succeed and that is something that I feel everybody needs to experience to appreciate success more. Neither of my parents attended a four year college although they both regret it they are still successful. Optimism is one of my main characteristics that anybody in contact with me can tell right away. I have always and will forever be an optimist I always look at the bright side and even when it looks like there isn't the most obvious bright side I try to create one and ensure positivity. I always have to be doing something and don't like sitting at home watching TV. Ever since I was a little boy I've loved taking things apart and creating new inventions. My parents would come home to me with the TV remote apart and the VCR in pieces. My curiosity and thirst for knowledge has always been a big part of me and will always be. Growing up in a not so typical household I learned many skills and my personality developed on its own. I was never "forced" to do anything so that really set me apart. Anything that I wanted I had to work for myself and figure it out. The charecteristics that make me, me are used and built upon every day. My positive outlook, thirst for knowledge, caring personality, and helpful mind will not only create a positive college experience for me but for the student body and others around me.
