Common app
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Lang p. 2
October 13, 2013
Common Application
Option #2: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? When I heard the news, my stomach turned I felt like everything I worked for shattered right in front of me, and there was nothing that could fix it. During the summer I experienced a tragic injury. It all happened the final half of a soccer tournament with five minutes left in the game. This is when I experienced failure; I had thrown every opportunity away. Failure indicated no more scholarships, or playing the one sport I loved, and it also meant throwing all my hard work away. As I pulled up to the doctor’s office nervous of what the doctor was going to tell me. I knew I figured I’d only be out for a short amount of time, and then I’d be back on the field. Well, unfortunately that wasn’t the case. I was told I pinched five nerves in my back and partially slipped a disc, this injury was critical and I could potentially make it worse, which led to no soccer for at least six months. This then meant I wouldn’t be able to touch the ball, to work on my skills or to gain scholarships, and play the game I loved. This meant recovery, and therapy and a fast comeback even if the doctor said no soccer for six months I was determined to come back within the next few weeks. Months passed, and they passed slowly. My passion for the game was gone because I wasn’t able to play it. I lost my skill, I gave up. I failed to do what I told myself I would, to comeback within the next couple weeks and to be okay. I ended up quitting soccer, I didn’t think I was good enough my scholarships were gone; no one knew my name anymore. And the worst part about it was I didn’t care. I was okay with letting go of my passion because I hadn’t interacted with it in so long. Playing for 12 years and giving up was hard at the beginning but it slowly got easier to do. My grades slipped because I didn’t have any
Lang p. 2
October 13, 2013
Common Application
Option #2: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? When I heard the news, my stomach turned I felt like everything I worked for shattered right in front of me, and there was nothing that could fix it. During the summer I experienced a tragic injury. It all happened the final half of a soccer tournament with five minutes left in the game. This is when I experienced failure; I had thrown every opportunity away. Failure indicated no more scholarships, or playing the one sport I loved, and it also meant throwing all my hard work away. As I pulled up to the doctor’s office nervous of what the doctor was going to tell me. I knew I figured I’d only be out for a short amount of time, and then I’d be back on the field. Well, unfortunately that wasn’t the case. I was told I pinched five nerves in my back and partially slipped a disc, this injury was critical and I could potentially make it worse, which led to no soccer for at least six months. This then meant I wouldn’t be able to touch the ball, to work on my skills or to gain scholarships, and play the game I loved. This meant recovery, and therapy and a fast comeback even if the doctor said no soccer for six months I was determined to come back within the next few weeks. Months passed, and they passed slowly. My passion for the game was gone because I wasn’t able to play it. I lost my skill, I gave up. I failed to do what I told myself I would, to comeback within the next couple weeks and to be okay. I ended up quitting soccer, I didn’t think I was good enough my scholarships were gone; no one knew my name anymore. And the worst part about it was I didn’t care. I was okay with letting go of my passion because I hadn’t interacted with it in so long. Playing for 12 years and giving up was hard at the beginning but it slowly got easier to do. My grades slipped because I didn’t have any