Personal Statement for College Application
Early in my high school years I discovered a personal truth that I have no limitations other than those I choose to impose upon myself. Everyone brings to the world unique talents, gifts, and abilities and some of mine include my strong will and my determination to be able to give something back to the community in which I was raised. My plans are to not only use the education I am seeking at Penn State to prepare me for a vocation, but also to help me make my dream as an Entrepreneur a reality and create jobs and find jobs for localized economic growth.
No one is exempt from turmoil during their lives, and I can honestly say that I am thankful for the adversities and challenges which have crossed my path because they have strengthened my character and brought forth certain virtues I might otherwise never have known. There are various personal issues with which I have struggled and I have no doubt as to where their foundations lie. At a very early age I was taken away from my parents and brothers and put into foster care. It wasn’t until I was four (4) that I was finally and thankfully adopted. When my parents adopted me I had not even learned to walk. Later on in life my first husband had an affair with my best friend from high school during our marriage leaving me to divorce with a disabled child at a young age who is now gone. Over 20 years later I remarried but when I was recalled back to active duty (Navy Reserves), he went back to his parents house in Florida, and sure enough, he gave away my puppies and moved in with a woman he met at work while we were still married and I deployed to Afghanistan, leaving me to divorce again but now older. I have on occasion found myself challenged to the maximum of my capabilities because of my high academic aspirations, my extra curricular activities, my volunteer work at the American Legion in Gaston County, my love for writing poetry, and both my full-time job and my military career. But my strong belief
No one is exempt from turmoil during their lives, and I can honestly say that I am thankful for the adversities and challenges which have crossed my path because they have strengthened my character and brought forth certain virtues I might otherwise never have known. There are various personal issues with which I have struggled and I have no doubt as to where their foundations lie. At a very early age I was taken away from my parents and brothers and put into foster care. It wasn’t until I was four (4) that I was finally and thankfully adopted. When my parents adopted me I had not even learned to walk. Later on in life my first husband had an affair with my best friend from high school during our marriage leaving me to divorce with a disabled child at a young age who is now gone. Over 20 years later I remarried but when I was recalled back to active duty (Navy Reserves), he went back to his parents house in Florida, and sure enough, he gave away my puppies and moved in with a woman he met at work while we were still married and I deployed to Afghanistan, leaving me to divorce again but now older. I have on occasion found myself challenged to the maximum of my capabilities because of my high academic aspirations, my extra curricular activities, my volunteer work at the American Legion in Gaston County, my love for writing poetry, and both my full-time job and my military career. But my strong belief