Example Of Narrative Essay For College

Four years ago, I was eagerly listening to Alex McDaniel, an award–winning journalist share her personal insight into the profession at the University of Mississippi when it finally dawned on me: journalism is my calling. Later, I was watching Spotlight, a movie about the efforts of the Boston Globe in the early 2000's to showcase the Church's acknowledgment and blunt protection of the abuse of children by local priests, when I truly understood the importance of journalism. To this day, Spotlight remains a reminder to always print the un–biased truth for the people, no matter the risks. I believe I deserve to be selected for one of the Education Foundation of Greenville's scholarships because as a hard–working student I commit myself to effectively take advantage of the opportunity that the scholarships will provide me. Besides, I am a student that does not only persistently works hard academically, but...show more content...

My parents have taught my little sister and I to live to help others; a mentality I will take with me to Auburn University with the help of one of the Education Foundation of Greenville scholarships. I am a Hugh O' Brian Youth Leadership Alumni, as well as a former Magnolia Girl's State Delegate, a program that inspired me to pursue a career in communications. I have served as my classes' secretary, treasurer, and current Vice President. I am Key Club's Vice–President, having formerly served as Public Relations chair. I am especially involved in the Journalism program, having worked my way up from contributor, to staffer, to Co–Editor, to Editor–In–Chief, to being awarded Editor of the Year by the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association my senior year. I am captain of the dance team, having formerly been co–captain. I have been distinguished an All–American by the Universal Dance Association twice and have had the privilege to perform at Disney World, Jordan–Hare Stadium, and Get

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When I was young I was a very shy person. I didn't like to talk to people and I would try to hide myself in public. I didn't really do anything active outside of school so i didn't get any opportunities to meet anybody new. Even at school I only had a couple of friends until my dad introduced me to a sport called golf. He said it was a good way for me to meet new people and it was a fun sport. I tried golf and I met lots of new people. later that day I was enrolled into a golf program. I was kind of scared to play in front other kids but, in the end I met Lots of new people. After going to the golf class A few times I wasn't scared anymore. I felt more confident talking to other people. Even atschool I became very social

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Many parents and peers would say it is a gift that he has intense concentration and endurance, but he likes to call it "strength under control." The truth is, under each attempt to gain control, is a wavering risk taker who is humbled by each unlikely victory that would always bring him to tears. That person is me. I like to thinking innovatively and calculate at least seven moves deep into the most risky and daring variations. At the 2013 National Championships, first table, I was paired against my close friend and arch–rival Austin Yang, the Taiwan chess champion. Everyone knew Austin was a machine, he had destroyed his previous opponents and had barely lost any game that year. To have a winning chance, I had to play the unconventional the...show more content...

Then in third grade I was introduced to chess, and my mind was forever rewired. I remember the first time I picked up a wooden chess piece, I was fascinated by its infinite combinations and variations. Every piece worked harmoniously together. In my first national championship in fifth grade, I distinctly recall that at one critical match there was a suffocating crowd of attention from parents, and with a few seconds on my clock, I defeated my opponent. The pistons in my mind were pumping so quickly that I was unconscious of its exact calculation process. To this day, I still do not know how I won that match. Chess was never an old man's leisure game, to me it was war. My coach would say that during each match my eyes became keen and piercing, as if I had turned into a tamed beast maneuvering sculpted pieces around a checkerboard. My friends noticed these same formidable features each time I entered the chemistry lab, delivered an electrifying debate speech, or won an intense election

My dad always says, "bravery is being afraid and doing it anyway." Until the age of 15, I had never stepped into a school, until one day, I gathered my courage and began my academic journey. I was homeschooled for most of my young life. While I studied the standard subjects, I was able to learn in an environment completely free and focused on me. It was an amazing and unique way to grow up, but it was also a bubble. I was unaware of much of the world around me, and as someone who was, at the time, quite shy, never really explored. I spent the first semester of highschool in an online program, but I did not like it and decided to transfer. I knew nothing about public school, and starting a new school half way through the year was a huge risk. I knew it was going to be difficult and scary, but I also knew it would help me grow as a person....show more content...

The environment was completely foreign, I had never even been around so many kids in one place, I had never been in a classroom, and I knew my life was about to change. The entire act of transferring schools was, in itself, a risk. Despite never setting foot in a school before, I decided to take the most advanced classes available. This proved to be a stressful decision but it was also a risk that paid off. Deciding to pursue my academic ambitions despite being in a new environment set me on a trajectory to continue to take academic risks and follow my dreams. It also pushed me to develop skills and connections that now allow me to take some of the most difficult classes at my school as well as conduct scientific research at

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I am Muslim Not a terrorist and I will not "go back to my country". My family fled war–torn Somalia my father is a journalist and got threatened by the al Shabaab terrorist group telling him to stop reporting about them he feared for our families safety. His bravery was rewarded by being offered a job in America to work for a journalist government company. One year later he brought my mother, my siblings and I over. I went to public school and was given strange looks, as if I was an epidemic. It was hard for me to adjust to the U.S I wasn't accustomed to the language and strange food. My family eventually got used to living here I moved schools a couple of times and every time everyone would ask the same thing "just take that off" And "why...show more content...

I used to be ashamed of my hijab the kids would often stare and I was tempted to snap and tell them to mind their own business.Then I found something to distract me from all the hate learning. I was reading chapter books meant for 5th graders in 1st grade I was ahead of my peers and participated in school spelling bees. With all this going on I still managed to find time for my prayers and reading the Quran. I became more invested in my education earning high marks and almost always 100% on tests and exams. Somehow I managed to squeeze in social life but I only associated with my friends at school. They would often invite me to birthday parties and get togethers but I would always have an excuse not to go. I would rather be working on my essay and reading in my my house with the company of my family. Family is a huge thing to me and I would choose them over anything. I helped out around the house but my parents would always give me time for me to study. My teachers always praised me and everyone called me teachers pet at one point I felt so pressured by my classmates that I would "dumb down" to fit in. I lost my way confusing my teachers and parents. I barely prayed or read the Quran and I felt myself straying further and Get

Before I was born, my father had been looked up upon his family, he aimed to be the best so he decided to leave Pakistan and start a new life in America and bring his family along. Money was limited to him and for 10 years he had worked non–stop just to form a living and also to bring his brother to Texas. My dad would not stop hustling even after he was able to bring his brother to Texas both of them had worked till they were able to bring the whole family from Pakistan. The following years he was able to open his first dry cleaning business and even after he still had plans on opening extra businesses. I was born in 1997 and that same year he had closed his dry cleaning business to pursue his dream of being an international entrepreneur in the used clothing business. I was born favoring my dad over my mom, which led myself to be following my dad, and...show more content...

After attending and receiving my bachelors in business I plan on working for Shell, Goldman Sachs or any major companies out there. On the side I want to support with my fathers companies in the textile and the freight industry and be able to make it develop. Eventually I will move onto working full time for the businesses my father has started and be able to lead it on to the future with my cousins. The University of Texas business programs will be able to achieve my future goals by building upon what I currently attain in the business market. Creating a moderate sized company is one of my goals to achieve during attending University of Texas and by the help of the classes I attend I will be able to start one up. This program will be able to give me a higher interest in my studies and open up opportunities such as internships. These internships will prepare me when it comes to working for a company, skills that every employee should carry, and to further prepare me for the real world after I

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I grew up in a family that grew up in Agoura Hills, my mom, two uncles, aunt, and brother all went to Agoura High School and my grandpa is really involved in the community with the high school football team, AYSO, and pony league baseball. My brother is two grades above me and I had all of his teachers throughout elementary and middle school, even now i have some of his old art teachers. I was constantly referred to as his little sister and i really struggled with identity issues because of that. As much as I love art I couldn't really enjoy it because I felt pressured into it and I knew i would never be as good as my brother, as one of his ceramics teachers put it, "he is one of the top 1% of artists to come through this school." I was so tired of always just being someone's daughter or niece or granddaughter and sister. I wanted to establish a place for me and be myself and sports medicine ended up being the answer to that. After the first month of being in sports medicine I was so happy and gained so much confidence in myself. I used to hate school and now every day I had the class i came home smiling because of how fun the class was and everything came so easily and naturally to me. I was so happy with myself and I was able to start letting go of old insecurities and gain confidence. Having...show more content...

I have been able to get involved in my community. I am a certified in the Community Emergency Response Team and I will able to help so many more people in the event of an emergency with my combined knowledge from that course and everything I have learned from sports medicine and emergency procedures. I also represented my school and sports medicine program at a networking breakfast at California Lutheran University which is something I never would have been able to do even a year ago. I was given a volunteer position at Los Robeles Hospital because of my experiences with sports

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I was born in Bogota, Colombia. During my childhood schooling years I attended Gimnasio de Los Cerros in Bogota. Attending secondary schooling in Colombia prepared me well for my academic pursuits in the United States. Through my studies, my fondness of mathematics continued to grow. On my pursuit of scholastic success mathematical equations found its persuasive way to speak to me. It is for this reason I have chosen for my career to follow the pathway in relation to mathematics. But even more so, what would ultimately lay down the roots of my personal character was the death of my father at the age of three. As years passed by I came to understand I was now "the man of the house". I do not reflect back at death of my father as being something

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