College Admissions Essay: Growing Up In High School
Transferring to me is not just about getting my diploma, it is to teach myself discipline. Growing up in an immigrant family, you are held to a high standard within any regard. My parents always have tried to give me the best and expect for me to give the very best in anything I do. Coming from a family where no one graduated college was a tough thing for me being the oldest child. It lead to lost discipline and motivation in high school because I had no guidance for my future in education. This being said, I have matured since and that lack of motivation is now at an all time high. I want to make my family proud, I want to be a good role model for my younger brothers, but most importantly I want to show myself that I can achieve anything no matter the circumstances. With my high hopes come my objectives of improving my self confidence and faith. Many times in life I have cut my self
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short of certain goals thinking that I am no good enough or that it is not possible for me to do. Slowly but surely I am making my own progress in that field.
It seems odd thinking that I am going to be a finance major and am not confident in myself, but I have become more faithful in my abilities as of lately. I now run my own successful sneaker reselling business on Ebay that has been active for about four months. This business is all about risk, mainly investing in a pair of shoes and not knowing if they are in high demand. Through my knowledge I have been very successful, in those four months I have made upwards of three thousand dollars; and this is just my side job. Alongside with this business venture, I am also working on established my own patent. I came up with a method and app via smart phone to check the authenticity of high end products such as designer bags, shoes, and clothes which are replicated quite often. Right now I have the base, and that is motivation. The next step is knowledge which I hope to get from TCU. The experience of receiving a degree at the school of my dreams is what will ultimately make my skill set complete and put me on the pathway to
success.
short of certain goals thinking that I am no good enough or that it is not possible for me to do. Slowly but surely I am making my own progress in that field.
It seems odd thinking that I am going to be a finance major and am not confident in myself, but I have become more faithful in my abilities as of lately. I now run my own successful sneaker reselling business on Ebay that has been active for about four months. This business is all about risk, mainly investing in a pair of shoes and not knowing if they are in high demand. Through my knowledge I have been very successful, in those four months I have made upwards of three thousand dollars; and this is just my side job. Alongside with this business venture, I am also working on established my own patent. I came up with a method and app via smart phone to check the authenticity of high end products such as designer bags, shoes, and clothes which are replicated quite often. Right now I have the base, and that is motivation. The next step is knowledge which I hope to get from TCU. The experience of receiving a degree at the school of my dreams is what will ultimately make my skill set complete and put me on the pathway to
success.