College admission application - Admission/Application Essay Example

Full A Rare and Beautiful flower Mulan’s father in the self d film of the heroine said, “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all”. Raised by a single mother, I am not a stranger to adversity. I have been a constant witness to how my mother struggled to make ends meet. She worked very hard while she studied, if only to give me a better future. Thankfully, my grandparents supported us intermittently. During my first two years, my mother and I stayed with my grandparents.

After which, wanting to be independent and not burden her parents anymore, my mother found us a place and I stayed in daycare most of the day, spending 10-18 hours with strangers while my mother went to work and attend college. There are many struggles my mother went through that I have seen with my own eyes which this paper would not suffice to contain. Needless to say, such struggles molded something in me, something beautiful, beautiful dream that I would like to pursue. One of the most challenging struggles that my mother and I went through was when my grandmother met a life-threatening car accident when I was eight.

I still remember how devastated I felt. As if that was not enough, time tested our strength and resilience that same year when my grandfather went through a quadruple bypass surgery and lost his right leg because of a blockage in his foot. Still, we survived that year of great adversity. My grandparents recovered from their medical conditions and life went on. Deep inside though, a seed of admiration and determination was planted in my heart. I greatly admired my mother for showing how strong she is in such troubled times.

I looked up to her and told myself that I will be like her, working hard and being courageous in facing the trials in my life. I made up my mind that I will study hard to become a teacher and be the first grandchild in the family to finish college. At the same time, I promised myself to be as determined as I always saw my mother to be. Through the years of adversity, I nurtured those seeds in my heart and have seen them grow and bear beautiful and rare flowers. When I entered high school, I worked hard to be in the varsity cheerleading squad.

Simultaneously, I volunteered in nursing homes, daycare and homeless shelters. As a junior, I was honored with the “Best Jumper” and “Super Junior” awards. As a result, I became the captain of the team during my senior year. Last summer, I was also given the “All American Award” at the UCA Camp for cheerleading and was invited to apply for employment for the camp. These do not flatter me but rather, they make me that I deserved them because of my hard work and determination. In addition, in all my first three years in high school, I always maintained being in the honor roll with a GPA of 3.

5 or even higher. As a fourth year, I am not only working on staying on the honors list and cheerleading team but I am also working part time. As a young person, all of these could be difficult however the adversities I went through are what made me learn to multi-task and manage my time. I also developed my leadership skills and honed my communication skills especially in public speaking. I have shown myself to be a responsible and dependable person. Although I know that I still have a long way to go, I believe that the characteristics which were developed in me are more than enough to let the world witness a beautiful unfolding of a rare and beautiful flower.