It's good if we know your prompt because we have no idea as to why you wrote this response. I hope you post it here soon :)
Wanting something more for myself, my future, and the rest of my life.
.... This is your hook statement and therefore it should be more catchy. This sounds incomplete :(
Deciding
on how to push myself on my own wasn't impossible, but it was a struggle.
Being a first generation college student in my family makes me want to become the best I can be, not only to show my family that I can do it, but myself.
I can understand your pressure :)
I really never understandunderstood the purpose of education until I became a freshman in High School.
I was pushed by my parents during the years in High School like most other parents in my school were.
I was pushed by my parents, like many others did, during the years in High School.It's not as if they didn't care, they just didn't understand what waswere the acceptable grades.
It's not because they didn't care, but because they didn't understand what were the acceptable grades.