Personal Narrative: My Animal Science Program

Have you ever attempted to do something or get into a program but failed miserably? This past semester I have experienced failure at its best. Last October I was able to attend open house for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Being a member of the Columbia Urban League helped me find North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. I was able to attend a tour for North Carolina A& T which led me to the open house last October. Throughout the open house I was tremendously excited to be in attendance. While there, my father and I had the opportunity to meet the head leader for Animal Science. Her name was Ms. Kishaa James and she was one of the sweetest lady that I had met. She informed me of a program called the research apprentice program, RAP for short. I learned that the program was for rising juniors and seniors who were interested in anything to do with agriculture. The program would take place on the campus of North Carolina A& T in Greensboro for four weeks. After I learned everything about the program; and I was aware of the requirements, I decided to get a head start. When I returned to school that Monday, I headed straight to the guidance office to get a copy of my transcript. I was working swiftly on the application as well as the essay. I was headed in the right track until it came to my
recommendation letters. For one of my letters it went smoothly, and I got the letter on time. My second letter don’t get to me as quickly. Since I wanted to get my application in before Christmas break, I told my teachers to have them done before then. I was unsuccessful in sending information off before Christmas break. Some months went by and I finally got a letter back from the program. It basically told me due to competition I was unable to attend the program. At first I didn’t understand why I didn’t make it into the program.
It took me awhile to understand. I thought back to how I did my application, and what I could’ve possibly done wrong. I came to the conclusion that maybe my essay wasn’t good enough as well as my gpa. At the time my gpa wasn’t as high as it is now. I also though back to my recommendation letters, and how I was unable to get them in on time. This mistake helped me realize that I could’ve done a lot batter for my application. I now know that I should try and have things done in a decent amount of time, and to pick the right teachers to do recommendation
letters.