PERSONAL STRUGGLES, AND WHY DID I CHOOSE UCF.
In the coming month of December, I will turn 18. It's been 11 years and counting since I last seen my parent. They are still in Vietnam, exactly 8,850 miles or 14,200 kilometers away from where I am in Jacksonville. I have many pictures with their face smiling, yet I have none where I see both mine and theirs doing the same. I was only 6 when I came over to the state, young and still naïve to the world around me. The "struggle" of not having my parent around did not strike me at first. It was only when I grew older, that I begin to feel the pain and hatred that breed from my parent absences. I started asking myself. Where is my parent, why are they not here for me? Why can't I be like my friends, they have their parents in the stands, taking them to basketball practices, watching, and cheering them on? Why not me? This was my biggest struggle; it was not a "bump in the road" for me. It was a broken traffic light, seemingly trapped on red. I was at a dangerous crossroad, contemplating if I could ever make it through. Yet I persevered through that crossroad and in thanks to a few influential figures in my life. Mainly with the support of my older brother, my aunt, and some wonderful teachers, did I manage to endured and wait for that "red light" to turn green. I begin to accept my struggles and forged them into inspirations. There was no longer any self-pity. Now, I refuse to let my personal struggles become an excuse for the level of success in my life. So in the coming months when I turn 18 I will not look back at the struggles of having an parentless childhood and think of it with negativity but rather with a positive outlook of how far I have come since then. That, that chapter of my life will have concluded and the next will start anew very soon. I hope to start the next chapter of my life at the University Of Central Florida. Why did I choose to apply for UCF? Simple, I believe it will provide me with the best possible education. My major of choice is software engineering, and UCF boast one of the top engineering programs in the whole country. Not only so but the environment of the university, the large students body, the various fraternities, the student activities, the professors, and even the beauty of the school architectural design just fit right to me. That I want to be here, that I want to spend 4 years here, at this college. No regrets. No looking back. Nothing but success, I want to one day look back 4 years from now and say proudly that I am a Knight. A graduate from the University of Central Florida.
