Personal Narrative: Why I Should Be Considered To College

A personal narrative
Why I should be accepted to College

When first posed the questions of how do I fit in at a college and how my extracurricular activities and experiences would benefit the college, I was not sure where to begin writing. To be perfectly honest, I think I would be a good fit on almost any campus because I believe I am adaptable to my surroundings and have a solid foundation that would make me an asset anywhere in the nation. While the previous sentence may come across to readers as egocentric or egotistic, I’m puzzled at where to begin because I also don’t think I’m outstanding anywhere compared to my fellow students academically speaking. On the other hand, it is almost a forgone conclusion in my mind that I have experienced more in my years than the majority of my peers. Also, as a result of many of these experiences, I’ve been able to get a jump start in my field of choice compared to where anyone else in the nation going into my career would likely be. Overall, I would say I have
above average intelligence, but I’m not a genius by any means. The three best qualities I would attribute to myself are my work ethic, my experiences broadcasting, and the fact that I’m still living my life every day. The first aspect of me that makes me an immediate improvement to any university is my work ethic. I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming and worked alongside my father who worked from before the sun was up until long after it was down. While I personally did not keep these hours, I followed closely in his footsteps and was not at all surprised or disheartened by a seven day work week with twelve hours of work a day. Often times those hours were “light work” for us ranchers and it taught me to use my off time to relax and recover the right ways all while budgeting time. Growing up I was also a wrestler and the act of cutting weight has shown my work ethic more than anything else I’ve ever done. It is not uncommon to see me at the gym running alone for three or four miles after we’ve been released as a team from our practice. I want to make weight more than anybody else on the team and I’ve never shied away from what making weight entails. As you can see, my work ethic already puts me into consideration for just about anywhere I would want to go. The second quality has more to do with the career field that I’m planning to pursue and shows how I have already mastered more of it than my competition. I’m planning on pursuing a career in sports journalism and sports broadcasting in the hopes of one day having my own talk show either on the radio or preferably television. My father passed away when I was fifteen years old and this was a dark time in my life. However, the one spot of light was that it opened up a new door of opportunity for myself. I soon succeeded my father as the color commentator for Worland High School’s football team broadcasting on the radio before I turned sixteen. I soon branched out into volleyball and soccer, sports that my father hadn’t ever broadcasted for the radio station when he was alive. Dave Walsh, the play by play commentator for the Wyoming Cowboys once told me, “What you are doing Glen is simply amazing. Most of us go to college for four years to get a degree in broadcasting and then if we can broadcast high school football games after that we think we’re successful. You already wake up and do that every Friday!” From the mouth of one of the greatest to ever call the game, my experiences are helping me to develop an edge on the competition. The last quality simply will be an overview of my life, that is summarized not to attempt to garner sympathy or make you cry, but to demonstrate the type of drive and resiliency I have. When I was thirteen years old, my family lost my mother’s sister Barbara to illness and my Uncle Jim to a heart attack while he was working on the ranch. A year later my Aunt Pat was diagnosed with cancer and passed away shortly after that. Before my sophomore year of high school my father had also passed away, and while I was a junior I lost my cousin and best friend Triston to drugs. While none of these stories are particularly happy, I don’t use them to show how my life is sad and you should feel bad for me, but to show I’ve experienced many events that would crumble a week person yet I still wake up every day excited to live my life. Despite all of the negatives, I smile as much as I possibly can and I try to make the most of each and every day. Clearly, my life has made me older than my years, but I haven’t let that stop me from living my life. As before stated, I would be a great addition to any college or university because I’ve experienced many things in my life and I still choose to live it, I have broadcasting experience on the air, and I have an above average work ethic.
Many people choose to shut down and drag their feet through life when one thing goes wrong for them and their day is suddenly ruined in their mind. I have done the complete opposite of this in my life and for this I think I am worthy of admission. I’ve been broadcasting on the air for three years, which is on average, three years longer than anyone else my age, I’m almost light years ahead of my competition. My work ethic has gotten me farther in my life in eighteen years to this point than some have managed to accomplish in easily thirty or forty years. I should be accepted to any university because I have the tools and talents to go far in my life, and I’m just searching for the college that can help me new and greater
heights.