College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me Who I Am?
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” Rachel Wolchin
There are only so many things that a textbook can teach you. We must explore and experience things first hand. Get uncomfortable and encounter the unknown. It’s how you find out who you are. It’s how you know what you want.
I have always had a knack for traveling. Since a young age I have found comfort in going to places I have never been. Embracing the culture and questioning why things are done a certain way and exploring the incredible world that I am surrounded by. It brings me peace just being somewhere I have never been. I think it is important to be put in situations that you might not be familiar with and learn how to adapt, how to survive on your own. It’s important to go to unfamiliar places and meet unfamiliar people.
Academically I have always set high standards for myself. Some would consider me an overachiever, but I’ve always been driven to want the best for myself and I think it shows. I am very critical of myself and my success. I believe academics show drive and how motivated a person is. The work you put in shows how much you want something. I will be …show more content…
I would like to grow as a person and find out more about who I am. I want to be uncomfortable. I want to be put in a place I’ve never been, away from everything I’ve ever known and I want to fight through it and grow from it. This program would give me exactly that. It would force me to learn by experience. I would be on my own and I would learn about myself and grow as a person. When I pursue something I like to know every possible detail I can about it. I like to be prepared. By studying abroad, I can learn things and be that much more prepared for the real world after college. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that college is just a step on the way into the real world and I want to be as prepared as possible for the world and each thing it
There are only so many things that a textbook can teach you. We must explore and experience things first hand. Get uncomfortable and encounter the unknown. It’s how you find out who you are. It’s how you know what you want.
I have always had a knack for traveling. Since a young age I have found comfort in going to places I have never been. Embracing the culture and questioning why things are done a certain way and exploring the incredible world that I am surrounded by. It brings me peace just being somewhere I have never been. I think it is important to be put in situations that you might not be familiar with and learn how to adapt, how to survive on your own. It’s important to go to unfamiliar places and meet unfamiliar people.
Academically I have always set high standards for myself. Some would consider me an overachiever, but I’ve always been driven to want the best for myself and I think it shows. I am very critical of myself and my success. I believe academics show drive and how motivated a person is. The work you put in shows how much you want something. I will be …show more content…
I would like to grow as a person and find out more about who I am. I want to be uncomfortable. I want to be put in a place I’ve never been, away from everything I’ve ever known and I want to fight through it and grow from it. This program would give me exactly that. It would force me to learn by experience. I would be on my own and I would learn about myself and grow as a person. When I pursue something I like to know every possible detail I can about it. I like to be prepared. By studying abroad, I can learn things and be that much more prepared for the real world after college. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that college is just a step on the way into the real world and I want to be as prepared as possible for the world and each thing it