Common Application Essay topic 1:
A significant experience in my life and the impact it has had on me.
Aged 11, I told my uncle that I would be a writer someday. Bewildered,he replied,"but, you just a person". Eventually we surmised that no man has written a book;computers fulfill that purpose. Walking away disappointed, I halted as a concept furnished my body with fresh eagerness.
"Malome, I'll be the first person too write a book!". I shouted confidently.
From that conundrum to my first day at a Top 100 school,thrust into a world where the word 'daddy' is the answer to all problems,I wondered how I would survive. Mother had insisted on exhausting all resources to ensure my admittance and excited to be "on that side of town", it never occurred to me that I would face difficulties.
Placed in the fourth class and ensnared in a new world, high school was destined to be challenging.
Though, being the only grade 8 published in a national poetry anthology, optimism set in. Writing went on too be my fount for unrivaled satisfaction. Therefore, the kid from the "other side of town" begun his endeavor to being as achieved as any of his privileged mates could be.
After a year in the fourth class and time consumed by four gratifying extracurriculars, I was moved too the third class before making it into the second class half way though grade 9. My experience in this high school not only fostered a drive to establish myself academically, but I also worked on saturdays(after debates) to finance extracurricular activities.
As one of the first few people in my grade too receive colors, I felt that something greater awaited me. So when I heard about the Rotary Exchange Program, I would not let financial circumstances avert me from a cultural immersion opportunity. Thus, I worked two jobs- internet cafe assistant and car washer. With this money I purchased my first stock of soap. Door to door, I sold the stock and with some help from the church, I financed the unparalleled experience.
My unique high school experience has created this inability to resist challenges. To that end, I took two AP courses even though I had missed a years work and had to maintain two jobs to afford the courses. Considering the influence that my grade 10 schedule had on my grades, I felt anxious about never leaving the cycle of poverty.
Therefore,In addition to being house leader for Debating and Public Speaking and having started a university club in my neighborhood, I exerted more attention towards my academics.
Thus, I was placed in the first class and received the highest Mathematics paper 3 mark.
Reflecting on my high school experience, I think too when my uncle declared that I could not write a book. This echoes Mr.Taylor's words, "never let the place you start dictate where you finish".
School on "that side" has stretched my abilities to the fullest and fostered a hunger for academic excavation.
"In America!". As excited as I was when I was 11, I probe my uncle with this new prospect. With a look of sympathy, he replies, "Even for you my boy,that is impossible"
A significant experience in my life and the impact it has had on me.
Aged 11, I told my uncle that I would be a writer someday. Bewildered,he replied,"but, you just a person". Eventually we surmised that no man has written a book;computers fulfill that purpose. Walking away disappointed, I halted as a concept furnished my body with fresh eagerness.
"Malome, I'll be the first person too write a book!". I shouted confidently.
From that conundrum to my first day at a Top 100 school,thrust into a world where the word 'daddy' is the answer to all problems,I wondered how I would survive. Mother had insisted on exhausting all resources to ensure my admittance and excited to be "on that side of town", it never occurred to me that I would face difficulties.
Placed in the fourth class and ensnared in a new world, high school was destined to be challenging.
Though, being the only grade 8 published in a national poetry anthology, optimism set in. Writing went on too be my fount for unrivaled satisfaction. Therefore, the kid from the "other side of town" begun his endeavor to being as achieved as any of his privileged mates could be.
After a year in the fourth class and time consumed by four gratifying extracurriculars, I was moved too the third class before making it into the second class half way though grade 9. My experience in this high school not only fostered a drive to establish myself academically, but I also worked on saturdays(after debates) to finance extracurricular activities.
As one of the first few people in my grade too receive colors, I felt that something greater awaited me. So when I heard about the Rotary Exchange Program, I would not let financial circumstances avert me from a cultural immersion opportunity. Thus, I worked two jobs- internet cafe assistant and car washer. With this money I purchased my first stock of soap. Door to door, I sold the stock and with some help from the church, I financed the unparalleled experience.
My unique high school experience has created this inability to resist challenges. To that end, I took two AP courses even though I had missed a years work and had to maintain two jobs to afford the courses. Considering the influence that my grade 10 schedule had on my grades, I felt anxious about never leaving the cycle of poverty.
Therefore,In addition to being house leader for Debating and Public Speaking and having started a university club in my neighborhood, I exerted more attention towards my academics.
Thus, I was placed in the first class and received the highest Mathematics paper 3 mark.
Reflecting on my high school experience, I think too when my uncle declared that I could not write a book. This echoes Mr.Taylor's words, "never let the place you start dictate where you finish".
School on "that side" has stretched my abilities to the fullest and fostered a hunger for academic excavation.
"In America!". As excited as I was when I was 11, I probe my uncle with this new prospect. With a look of sympathy, he replies, "Even for you my boy,that is impossible"
