College Admissions Essay: The Quality Of My Life

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I had never really excelled in anything in my life. I don’t think I ever had a reason to. Though I was young at the time I think I knew the difference between being fully committed and doing just enough to get by and I had always chosen the latter. As a result, I was complacent and didn’t think I need to push myself the extra mile. When I was younger I grew up on the island of Dominica without either parent in my life but I had a nuclear family that took on every role that a parent should. There was never a project that I had to do that didn’t become a household project and there was never a homework assignment that didn’t become a family discussion. My family was so invested in me that I relied on them way more than I had to. I distinctly remember being in the third grade and my grandmother coming in everyday to hand feed me my lunch, though I should have been…show more content…
I spent extra time at school doing work and so my teachers were choosing me to represent our school in various competitions and I was winning awards for excellence and I became an overachiever so to say. I read every single day for hours and when reading wasn’t enough I began to write. I wrote until my hands cramped up and my eyes began to burn. There was one day when everything became too much. Reading didn’t help and writing couldn’t take my mind off of what I was feeling and so I layed on my bed and stared at my dresser. On it was an untouched drawing pad that I had received for Christmas and a different array of pens, markers, pencils, and crayons. I never considered my ability to draw disproportionate stick figures to be my calling but at the moment I felt drawn to the pad and pencil on my desk. I picked it up and I let my emotions control my hands. When my mother walked in she was surprised. “The woman in your picture looks like she’s in pain” my mother paused and looked me straight in the eye.
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