...This essay is addressed to a College admissions officer, with the purpose of presenting me for selection into the next class. I know you have probably read hundreds of letters about how great each potential student is, about all of their personal achievements and life goals. I am afraid to say, that this one will not be much better, besides the fact that it is a genuine letter, about a genuine person, with genuine qualifications for this college. I the best choice for this college, I belong on this campus, I belong in these classes. If you let me into this school, I will promise you that you will not regret that decision. I will be such a good addition to the college population that you will be able to look upon the future generations and feel pride. Overall, I am qualified for this school because of my academic achievements, extracurricular talents, and personal life knowledge and attributes....
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...Growing up, my parents never recounted their college days. Not once did they reminisce with fond, nostalgic voices about the memories of life on campus: cheering in the student section at a game, relaxing in their dorm rooms on a Sunday afternoon, sitting eagerly in the class of their most admired teacher, nor proudly donning their university’s regalia. Once it came time for me to embark on my own college search, I questioned my parents on their secrecy. They divulged to me that they never had the true college experience. They commuted to class, never spending more than a couple hours on campus. As a result, I more clearly defined what I was seeking- an university that not only would give me the tools to grow and prosper, but also the transformative adventures of student life....
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...only occasionally see my dad since he now lives on the other side of the country, but I still feel very lucky to have a supportive, if spread out, family behind me. What makes me different from the rest of the crowd though is how I choose to fill my time away from school. I come from a middle income background so I knew I’d have to get a job in the summers and/or after school to help fund college, but instead of getting the easiest job I could find like many of my friends, I purposely sought work that would teach me new skills as well as give me a sense of fulfillment, which is why I turned to coaching soccer and working as a camp counselor. I know that every summer I am out there I’m helping the kids in my community, not only by watching to make sure they are playing with skill and determination, but also by helping them learn invaluable life lessons, like how to be a good teammate and friend, and how to settle disputes fairly and efficiently. I also have now added the title of waitress to my resume and while at first glance this job may not seem to offer me skills useful in pursuing a college degree, I have found it to offer incomparable training in multi-tasking, responsibility, money-management, perseverance and compassion for others. My grades have always been high and I am especially proud of this because I don’t naturally excel in all subjects. Writing has always been a challenge for me because I find grammar to often be confusing, spelling too, but I have learned through...
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...Summary: “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, presents proposals “that might begin to set things right’ (TSIS, 180) in education. Both professors, Hacker and Dreifus, studied institutions and interviewed higher education leaders, policy makers, and students across the country (180). According to their voluntary assignment, they acknowledged at first, their belief that “all Americans can do college work,” which basically provided a thesis for every proposal to follow within their article. Suggestions, such as persuading students to liberate their imagination instead of just focusing on a financial goal after graduating, or “replacing tenure with multi-year contracts” (181) so that all professors begin to take more initiative to improve, gave way to a deeper analysis of specific colleges and their priorities. My Response: In the article, “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, both professors maintains a perspective that is convincing, to a degree. “We believe all Americans can do college work, so universal enrollment should be our nation’s goal” (180). In making this comment, Hacker and Dreifus urge us to do the obvious. Of course everyone should have the same opportunity to be accepted at the collegiate level, but there are several problems that have to be addressed and taken care of prior to the suggestion of this desire for all. If there was universal enrollment, will that lead to...
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...Michael Singleton College Admission Essay As a child, I had hopes of becoming an adult. Whether it was me playing army with my friends on the front lawn, roaming from yard to yard in the neighborhood, or putting on grandpa’s ties, we all tried to grow up as fast as possible. This came to a reality for me pretty fast. My father left my family when I was seven. I watched my mother struggle so much. Working always, barely seeing my brother and me, it was a constant grind for her, and I have much respect for her. I tried hard to be like her, i was too young to realize that she wanted me to stay young and grow up on my own time. She had obligations to me, and I had mine; to be a child and not worry about the struggles of the real world, and...
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...High school, it sucks. In my family, it has always just been a given rule that the children will do good in school and go onto college. My parents always wanted my brother and I to go to college, since they never had the chance to. My dad would always say, “I want better for you guys than I had for myself”. One way to accomplish that, was to get good grades in high school and move onto college. So it was not a big shock to my family when I said I wanted to graduate my Junior year of high school, a whole year earlier than my graduating class. I was set on going to college, I needed a reason to get out of my hometown of Council Bluffs and a way to do that, was by going to college. Now my brother was already an expert at the whole college thing....
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...In our lives, we all have a niche. Some people enjoy cooking, some enjoy playing chess, and some love delving into a good book. Though I have had a hand in several activities throughout my life, I have found my niche to be playing the trombone. I began playing the trombone when I entered the sixth grade. As a twelve year old, playing an instrument was a trying task. The night I brought my instrument home, I assembled it and made the most atrocious sounds anyone had ever heard. I had no idea what I was doing or even how to hold the tangled brass tubing, but as time went on, and I suffered through the ear-piercing first semester of sixth grade band, playing the trombone became second nature to me. I sat first chair throughout my middle school years. I auditioned and earned a spot in the Davidson County All-County Middle School band as a young seventh grader. In eighth grade, after placing in the county band once again, I auditioned for a position in the North Carolina Northwest All-District Band, and I made first chair. Knowing that I was dubbed "the best in my district" made me yearn for more. I began to practice more often and more thoroughly, I asked my band director for harder music to improve my overall performance, I joined my school's jazz band, and I student-taught other students. The school auditorium became an ecosystem that I thrived in all throughout my middle school years. I found peace and comfort there, but it was also a place that many great life lessons were taught...
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...I have learned a lot in my first year of college, academically and socially. More importantly though, I learned a lot about myself. To be more specific, I learned what values are important to me. In my first year of college I lacked, personal and intimate relationships and learning environments, a space to practice and grow into my religion, and the exposure to a student population with diversity. It was in recognizing that I was missing these things that I realized Loyola University would be a great fit for a student such as myself. Personal and meaningful relationships are very important to me. I grew up in a very close family of eight children, raised by parents who stressed the importance of having a tight familial bond. I graduated from a high school of only 36 girls, where I learned not only the benefits and importance of a small group of trusted friends and companions but the academic advantages as well. But my college experience thus far has not supplied me with the personal and meaningful relationships I so eagerly wish to have. I want to go to a school that values a small environment for it’s educational, developmental, and social benefits. A school that pushes its students to engage with each other in meaningful and powerful ways in and out of the class room. I believe that attending Loyola may supply me with this opportunity....
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...The Wellesley Effect. I heard this phrase a few days ago and it inspired me to rewrite this essay. I watched the video for the campaign and it brought shivers down my spine as I realized everything the Wellesley women were saying is something I would like to get out of college. Wellesley “is the place” where I will be able to become a woman of science and art and sport. Wellesley’s liberal arts education will give me the opportunity to become a well-rounded individual. I will be able to explore my passion for science through the innovative and accessible state-of-the-art equipment, which will allow me to better examine the intricate anatomy of the body, and the complex networks and structures of the brain that fascinate me. After learning about biology, my enthusiasm towards science grew, which drove me to...
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...I have had many opportunities presented to me in my life that have inspired me in my journey into adulthood, and none have been more impactful than the two times I participated in a foreign exchange program to France. I chose to take French as my language elective in the 8th grade, against the wishes of many, who saw Spanish as more practical. After taking the National French Exam (or La Grande Concour), and ranking top 10 in Southern California, I decided to continue pursuing it in high school. During my freshman year I was offered the chance to travel to Bellegarde, France and study abroad for 2 weeks. Only 14 at the time, and in my second year of French, I accepted and flew out that November. I come from an Armenian background, and the ideals of familial closeness is one that permeates throughout our culture. I have always been in close proximity to my family, grandmother, and cousins. Leaving for France was the first time I had ever been apart from them. The trip was a challenge for me. Yes, I had been afforded a chance many others would love to have, yet I could not see past the dependence I had to my family, or the language barrier that stood in my way. For the first week, I walked with a cloud over me as I let my homesickness cloud every part of my judgement. It was not until I realized where I was, and what opportunity I was fortunate enough to be a part of, did I slowly open myself up to the experience. Being so young, and choosing to leave my family for two weeks was...
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...Coming into college, I considered any grade less than an A as failing, and I worked relentlessly to ensure that I “succeeded” in keeping a 4.0 GPA. Then, in the spring semester of my sophomore year, I was met with the challenge of Calculus-based Physics. Despite my utilization of online resources, tutoring, and office hours, I ended the class with a B+—my first non-A grade in college. Although somewhat silly, I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t despondent at the outcome of that course. At the time, I felt like I had failed and somehow that B meant my academic success was no longer possible. However, in order for me to continue in excellence as a student, I had to reevaluate what “success” was. Of course, earning an A is ideal, but by getting that B+, I realized that the success of my education is more than a letter. I realized that more important than the grade I receive is the knowledge and understanding I attain. I realized the difference between failure and defeat....
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...The Success of Failure Since the day I could walk, I have been obsessed with greatness. Or afraid of failure, whichever way you want to look at it. Whether it was school, sports, or just being a friend to someone, I had a burning desire to always make the people in my life proud. Although this was true for everything I was involved in, it was especially true for cheerleading. I was a cheerleader from grade school all the way up until my senior year of high school. I loved it and it always came natural. When I made it to high school however, things started changing. After an unimaginably nerve racking tryout, I made the JV competition team as a freshman, which was my goal entering in. The year went by and I could see myself improving little by little everyday. I was sure by the next year’s tryouts I would make the Varsity competition team easily. My family kept telling me how excited they were to see me on Varsity and they just knew I would make it. The next year’s tryouts came around quicker than I realized, and even quicker came the disappointment of seeing my name on the JV competition roster, AGAIN! The disappointment I felt was unlike any other I had experienced. Nevertheless, cheerleading was the one thing I loved most and quitting was not an option. I began to develop a more positive attitude about the upcoming season and figured I always had next year. Fast forward to the end of my sophomore year when my third high school cheerleading tryouts are about to begin. After...
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...further and work harder if I truly understood the value of a dollar. I used to think the concept of learning a dollar’s worth was ridiculous. Obviously, I knew the value of a dollar. It was not until I took my father’s advice, moved out on my own, and acquired numerous jobs that I finally understood what he wanted to teach me. Your income, assuming you are not inherently rich as so few are, is a result of the strenuous work that you dedicate to bettering your situation. Whether your “situation” is providing a home for your children, medical services for your parents, or in my case continuing my education, pursuing life’s necessities takes incredible drive and lots and lots of money. As a senior in high school, I applied for numerous art colleges. When I saw the tuition for each school, often costing over $35,000 a year, the numbers to me were just characters without meaning. I enrolled at Savannah...
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...Timing is Everything You never truly know when a person is going to enter your life, and impact it. You simply go day by day not knowing what the future really holds. You see new people every day, not knowing who they are. My junior year in high school, I had started to go down the wrong path, so I told myself that I needed to get a best friend. I prayed to God that he would give me a best friend that showed me Him, because I had started to lose my faith. It was one of the most difficult times of my life, but I made it through that. Not only did God give me the greatest best friend in the world, I got saved the next summer, and I’ve grown unbelievably close to Him ever since. The second semester of my junior year, is when I had started to pray for a best friend. It was the first week of March, and my friend Reagan was like, “Chuck, you should really try out for golf.” I didn’t have a lot of interest, but I told her I would do it for fun. I went to try out and I made the team, our first golf match was March 17, 2016 at a golf course called Kingwood. It’s an hour from where my home town is. We get to the match and I never realized how they work, but you get separated from your team. I got partnered with two other girls, and myself. One was very quiet, and the other talked a lot, maybe too much. I ended up being neck and neck with Abby; we ended up talking more, because we were playing the same. Long story short, Abby ended up being my best friend, she was my answered prayer and...
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...Neither of my parents ever went to college, but that did not stop them from wanting the best for my siblings and I. Growing up they have always taught the importance of education. That is probably the main reason I both love and excel in school. In school I have taken every honors class available and done well in each one. I have only received mostly A’s while not ever having a grade lower than a B. I will graduate this May in the top ten percent of my class with a GPA above 4.0. I am currently taking three AP classes and one other college level course. I have many interests that span a large variety of topics. I am a diehard sports fan, dedicated to my Kansas Jayhawks basketball and Dallas Cowboys football. I try to watch almost every game...
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