College Essay Final Draft

College Essay Final Draft

University of Southern California-

Describe the world you come from-- for example, your family, community or school-- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

My world is filled with many obstacles I have to over come. My dad is in the military so I have to move around a lot. I have to face being the new girl at the school every four years. I have to start over again and again as soon as I get comfortable in a place. Finding new friends and trying to fit in is not fun. Moving around every four or five years is normal to me, but some days I do  wish my life would be like any normal teenage girl life. Like being able to say that my friends and I would go to the same classes in high school, being able to go to dances with each other, or being able to take pictures in our caps and gowns at graduation.  But then again if I had a so call “normal” life I wouldn't be who I am today. I wouldn't have the friends I do today, I wouldn't be on any of the sports teams that I love and I probably wouldn’t have found out what I want to do when I grow up as fast as I did. The world I come from is filled with laughter and love, sadness and stress, also hard work and patience. 

Laughter is one of the best medicines To me laughter is like color, it makes everything bright and happy. Laughter makes the day doable for me because I know that sometime during the day I will laugh at something as small as one of my friends corny jokes making me forget about all of the sadness and stress I have. Just being able to smile at something small makes me realize that life is to short to not enjoy it. Stress is one of the many reasons why I need laughter in my life. Stress is a key role in my anger and makes me want to rip out all of my hair. Hating that feeling when your stomach twists and turns because you have to much stacked on your plate trying to walk without it tipping over and spilling everywhere. Stressing about tests that you have all week and the game you have right after school. Also stressing about if you are good enough to make the high school team and if you are good enough to start. Stress to me is like trying to juggle five balls in the air while standing on a tight rope. It’s nearly impossible but somehow you manage to do it. Laughter and stress do not sound like they would go together but in an odd way they do. Because after you were stressing out you should laugh after it to calm yourself down. 

Just like how we all need laughter in our lives we also need friends and family. For me friends and family is the definition of love. Family is always there for me when I need them. Giving me advice and encouragement when I need it. Either when I need help for school or any of my sports I know that my family will be there at my side supporting me. Family is my base layer, its where I can always go when I fall because I know I wont fall any more when I’m there. But love does not only come from family, it can can from friends. Friends are there to help support you along with your family. I love my friends because of all of the support they give me. Even if some of my friends and I don't talk anymore because I moved I still love them for helping me through all of my problems when I was with them. My friends help carry some of the weight I have to hold on my shoulders and that is why I love them, they make my life easier. Nobody likes being sad but it always ends up happening. Everything has an opposite and sadness happens to be the opposite of happiness. Sadness happens when the happy stage is over. You can be sad over many things for example being sad over a bad grade, or being sad over a friend. I was really sad when I had to move away from all of my friends but eventually I grew over it and used it as a stepping stone to reach a new level of growth. There is this one quote that I like and it is “if you love something then set it free, and if it comes back then was meant to be” this quote matches love and sadness perfectly. It explains the love part by setting it free but then you have the sad part by actually setting it free and being worried that it might not come back. 

If you love something you have to work hard for it. Hard work is something you need if you want to go far in life. You can’t just expect things to magically appear for you when you did nothing to get them. For me I play many sports and you need hard work to do all of them. Our coach makes us go by the quote “hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard” and I believe that is correct, you cant just expect to start the game if you didn’t put in any work at practice. You cannot just be a game all-star meaning you only show up and put you best effort in at the games, you need to put in your best effort at practice too. You practice how you play does not only refer to sports it can represent anything in the world. If you don’t do your homework don’t expect to get an A on the test. You need the practice and handwork to get the good grade.  You need patience to make nice quality work not only for school but for anything you do in life. You don’t want to rush your life you want to take time to make sure you didn't miss anything. Being patient might not be the most fun thing in the world but it does pay off in the end. Being patient and hard work comes together in perfect synch. “Practice makes perfect” is telling the truth. It takes patience and practice to make perfect, it wont just happen you have to work for it.

The dreams I have today are the things I bypassed when I was younger and now wish I could have done them. I dream of all of the memories I could have made if I did the things I was to scared to do. When I dream I, it seems as if I am in a whole different world. My aspiration in life was to make people happy by making movies. I want to make people laugh like how I would laugh at one of my friends corny jokes. I want to make people have different emotions while watching my films. From happy to sad, wanting to keep the audience on the edge of their seats waiting to find out what happens next. I always saw things in a different perspective then the people around me. I used to think I was odd that I saw things that other people might not have seen, already thinking what the next scene would be before it even happened. I always liked making people happy and I was able to do that through video production.

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Image 1: The man is overjoyed being reunited with his children. After six months of not seeing his three daughters, he embraces them running full speed into a bone crushing hug. The hug lasted about a minute soaking in the warmth of each other. Tears of joy started to fall from their small, delicate faces soaking their dads uniform. Finally breaking the hug, the little girls jumped in joy because their dad was finally home. He watched as his little girls danced around him with the biggest smile on his face as he pulled them into another hug.

Image 2: Mrs. Irwin was supposed to be away on a business trip but the trip ended early so she decided to come home and make her husband dinner. He wasn’t due home until 8:30 from work and dinner wouldn’t be ready until 8:45. It was now 9:30 and Mrs. Irwin was tired of waiting for her husband to show up. She decided to put dinner away and clean up, but thats when she heard the door open and her husband walk in with another women. Mr Irwin was in shock that his wife was home early and jumps away from the other woman hitting his hip on the table. Mrs Irwin wasn’t surprised to see him with her, she has noticed him acting differently for the past six months around her when Mrs Irwin was there. She turned around and opened the cabinet that had a gun in it incase a break in ever happened. She turned around hands shaking and pointed the gun at her husband, her face streaming with tears not listening to a word he is saying. Shouting to get out of her house she fires a shot at his feet causing him to jump. He leaves with the other woman leaving the no longer Mrs. Irwin sobbing in the other room.

Image 3: It was January 25 the day US women's volleyball team would play Germany to take home the gold. It was a tied game with one minute left of the game. Germany was serving the ball, this was USA last chance to score and win the game. Germany hits the ball over the net into USA territory. Callie dives for the ball just saving it before it touches the ground hitting it to Ashley. Taking the right angle Ashley spikes the ball over the net. It seems as if time slowed down while we wait for the ball to drop. The ball drops in the gap on the other side of the court crowning our team as champions.

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It was 6:15 am one year after my accident. Exactly one year ago today I got into a car crash. I just got off the Mew York subway, crossing the street to my job. That’s when it happened, it was a hit and run. The doctors told me that I might not be able to ever walk again due to the damage on my leg. A year ago I was told that I had a 35% chance that I would be able to walk again. Today, I ran five miles to central park. 

Luke and Katherine were heading to the 50th state fair for their one year anniversary. Both of them heading to the fair with bright smiles on their faces. While walking hand-in-hand, they admired all the luminescent lights surrounding them. They purchased their wrist band on the ticket booth, and headed to the ferris wheel. Luke being the gentleman he is, he helped Katherine get inside and joined her shortly after. As they reached the highest peak of the ferris wheel, Luke looked intensively into Katherine’s eyes and said the three magic words any girl wants to hear “I love you”. Katherine looked at him in shock because that was the first time he has said that, then she looked into his deep blue eyes and said “I love you too”. As the ride came to an end the couple got off and rode every ride at the fair until it closed.

Rough Draft College Essay

University of Southern California-

Describe the world you come from-- for example, your family, community or school-- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

My world is filled with many obstacles I have to over come. My dad is in the military so I have to move around a lot. I have to face being the new girl at the school every four years. I have to start over again and again as soon as I get comfortable in a place. Finding new friends and trying to fit in is not fun. Moving around every four or five years is normal to me, but some days I do  wish my life would be like any normal teenage girl life. Like being able to say that my friends and I would go to the same classes in high school, being able to go to dances with each other, or being able to take pictures in our caps and gowns at graduation.  But then again if I had a so call “normal” life I wouldn't be who I am today. I wouldn't have the friends I do today, I wouldn't be on any of the sports teams that I love and I probably wouldn’t have found out what I want to do when I grow up as fast as I did. The world I come from is filled with laughter and love, sadness and stress, also hard work and patience. 

Laughter is one of the best medicines To me laughter is like color, it makes everything bright and happy. Laughter makes the day doable for me because I know that sometime during the day I will laugh at something as small as one of my friends corny jokes making me forget about all of the sadness and stress I have. Just being able to smile at something small makes me realize that life is to short to not enjoy it. Stress is one of the many reasons why I need laughter in my life. Stress is a key role in my anger and makes me want to rip out all of my hair. Hating that feeling when your stomach twists and turns because you have to much stacked on your plate trying to walk without it tipping over and spilling everywhere. Stressing about tests that you have all week and the game you have right after school. Also stressing about if you are good enough to make the high school team and if you are good enough to start. Stress to me is like trying to juggle five balls in the air while standing on a tight rope. It’s nearly impossible but somehow you manage to do it. Laughter and stress do not sound like they would go together but in an odd way they do. Because after you were stressing out you should laugh after it to calm yourself down. 

Friends and family to me is the definition of love. Family is always there for me when I need them. Giving me advice and encouragement when I need it. Either when I need help for school or any of my sports I know that my family will be there at my side supporting me. Family is my base layer, its where I can always go when I fall because I know I wont fall any more when I’m there. But love does not only come from family, it can can from friends. Friends are there to help support you along with your family. I love my friends because of all of the support they give me. Even if some of my friends and I don't talk anymore because I moved I still love them for helping me through all of my problems. My friends help carry some of the weight I have to hold on my shoulders and that is why I love them, they make my life easier. Nobody likes being sad but it always ends up happening. Everything has an opposite and sadness happens to be the opposite of happiness. Sadness happens when the happy stage is over. You can be sad over many things for example being sad over a bad grade, or being sad over a friend. I was really sad when I had to move away from all of my friends but eventually I grew over it and used it as a stepping stone to reach a new level of growth. There is this one quote that I like and it is “if you love something then set it free, and if it comes back then was meant to be” this quote matches love and sadness perfectly. It explains the love part by setting it free but then you have the sad part by actually setting it free and being worried that it might not come back. 

Hard work is something you need if you want to go far in life. You can’t just expect things to magically appear for you when you did nothing to get them. For me I play many sports and you need hard work to do all of them. Our coach makes us go by the quote “hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard” and I believe that is correct, you cant just expect to start the game if you didn’t put in any work at practice. You need patience to  make nice quality work not only for school but for anything you do in life. You don’t want to rush your life you want to take time to make sure you didn't miss anything. Being patient might not be the most fun thing in the world but it does pay off in the end. Being patient and hard work comes together in perfect synch. “Practice makes perfect” is telling the truth. It takes patience and practice to make perfect, it wont just happen you have to work for it.

The dreams I have today are the things I bypassed when I was younger and now wish I could have done them. I dream of all of the memories I could have made if I did the things I was to scared to do. When I dream I, it seems as if I am in a whole different world. My aspiration in life was to make people happy by making movies. I always saw things in a different perspective then the people around me. I used to think I was odd that I saw things that other people might not have seen, already thinking what the next scene would be before it even happened. I always liked making people happy and I was able to do that through video production.