I need to keep this essay around 300 words since my other UC essay is really long..ugh...
Please help me develop the essay more, without using more words!!
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.
Hyper, crazy, unruly, and lackadaisical as a child, I was a clear antithesis to my hardworking, disciplined family. While I was the spoiled youngest child, fawned over and cared for, my parents and sister lived in an altogether different way. With self-driven motivation, my mother and father immigrated to America and worked themselves up from living in near poverty to quickly climbing up the corporate ladder, attaining their current high managing positions. My sister, Cathay, mirrored my parent's best attributes, and used her intense competitive nature to become valedictorian, scholar athlete, and concert mistress during her high school years.
Naturally perfectionists, my parents and sister concentrated their efforts on my upbringing, acting as beacons of responsibility, diligence, and wisdom. Patiently and stringently, my parents slowly ingrained the motto, "Work before play," into my young mind. Even as they arrived home, exhausted from a busy day at the office, they would continue to expend their energy to focus my hyperactive mind on my simple homework assignments and piano practice. Each time I gave in to distraction, my parents would quickly advise, "Pay attention, then you can watch TV." Every time I abandoned my work, quickly defeated by any challenges or difficulties, my sister would remark haughtily but encouragingly, "You gave up already?" Through every tribulation, my family helped me utilize my latent capabilities and intelligence through self control, drive, and work and taught me how perseverance and diligence can lead to success.
Because of my family's support, my dream is to constantly fulfill the limits of my potential. I wish to be an exemplar of what my family has given me, the determination to strive for hard-earned success in everything I pursue, even if I am met with failure after failure. No matter what, I will keep working, knowing that I have come so far already.
Please help me develop the essay more, without using more words!!
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.
Hyper, crazy, unruly, and lackadaisical as a child, I was a clear antithesis to my hardworking, disciplined family. While I was the spoiled youngest child, fawned over and cared for, my parents and sister lived in an altogether different way. With self-driven motivation, my mother and father immigrated to America and worked themselves up from living in near poverty to quickly climbing up the corporate ladder, attaining their current high managing positions. My sister, Cathay, mirrored my parent's best attributes, and used her intense competitive nature to become valedictorian, scholar athlete, and concert mistress during her high school years.
Naturally perfectionists, my parents and sister concentrated their efforts on my upbringing, acting as beacons of responsibility, diligence, and wisdom. Patiently and stringently, my parents slowly ingrained the motto, "Work before play," into my young mind. Even as they arrived home, exhausted from a busy day at the office, they would continue to expend their energy to focus my hyperactive mind on my simple homework assignments and piano practice. Each time I gave in to distraction, my parents would quickly advise, "Pay attention, then you can watch TV." Every time I abandoned my work, quickly defeated by any challenges or difficulties, my sister would remark haughtily but encouragingly, "You gave up already?" Through every tribulation, my family helped me utilize my latent capabilities and intelligence through self control, drive, and work and taught me how perseverance and diligence can lead to success.
Because of my family's support, my dream is to constantly fulfill the limits of my potential. I wish to be an exemplar of what my family has given me, the determination to strive for hard-earned success in everything I pursue, even if I am met with failure after failure. No matter what, I will keep working, knowing that I have come so far already.
