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College Entrance Essay

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My parents were immigrants who came to America like every immigrant for a better future. I grew up being grilled on the importance of education and success. Of course being young at the time I did not get the urgency they possessed on having education to always count on. But as I grew up, I began to understand and notice things. Why was that woman working at Wal-Mart at 2 A.M? Did she not have another choice? What a desperate and depressing feeling that is, knowing that your path in life is set and that you do not have a sky where your limits are boundless. My community was a small one. I cannot say I absolutely hate it, but just taking a drive around town makes me sullen. The place reeks of unfulfilled dreams and lost motivation. At the same time though, this community gave me this inextinguishable fire and need that I had to make something out of myself. I had to grab the reins of my life and take charge of it and direct it the way I want it to go. Today I understand the lady at Wal-Mart did have a choice, she just settled though at what she deemed was good enough for her.

I could say that I choose my major, but I believe it choose me. I am the type of person who is fine with everything. But when I saw how my step-dad ran his business, I just could not stop asking questions. Everything mattered, from the way you held yourself in front of a customer or co worker to how you conducted a meeting. Business called for me and I answered by doing everything I could to become the best.

Asians are known to be natural geniuses. That is the typical stereotype. I on the other hand, am not naturally smart. I have to work really hard for my grades. This is shown by my grade point average and ranking compared to my ACT score. I am competitive and have confidence that I can still do just as well though. To me, because I am not as smart it means I have to work even harder and strive for higher difficulty level classes to improve myself and prove to myself that I am just as good. I believe taking the easy way out of anything is why we have inefficient leaders. It was during my high school years though, that I realized I had to try harder because there were more students who actually wanted to go to college. Red Bull became my very best friend and so did my eraser.

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