Free College Admissions Essays: Barnebey Letter Of Recommendation

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Barnebey Letter of Recommendation
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The end of my sophomore year, I had spent a lot of time reflecting on the classes that I wished to take going into Junior year. My options were limited: IB Math Studies or AP Calculus. I have always been an advocate for free choice and independence when it comes to your education and although I valued the importance of math, I knew that I didn’t fit in with the rest of the AP Calculus students. So, I signed up for IB Math Studies with the notion that I could improve my math skills in the areas that I was struggling in. However, the math department didn’t understand my reasoning. They believed that I needed to follow the path with the rest of the students into AP Calculus. And that was what bothered …show more content…

I’ve spent a majority of my high school working as a babysitter to make extra money. However, there aren’t a lot of days besides Saturday and Friday nights that parents need babysitters. So I decided that I should apply for a job-a real job. I thought that applying for jobs would be easy, but I was really, really, really wrong. After walking from store to store around Fashion Island, I ended up with about three job applications and I wasn’t convinced that they were even looking to hire. But, I spent the day filling out the applications and the next week sitting by my phone waiting for a call from them. I finally got hired at Muttropolis, a retail store for pets, and was thrown into something I wasn’t familiar with. I learned all about how to be professional, how to give good customer service and how to work the cash register. Frankly, I sucked at all of it. The first week there, I was convinced that I was going to get fired for not putting the collars in the right order, or for not giving back the right amount of change. But, I stayed hopeful and open-minded that I would find my groove. Through dedication and time, I found it and began to fit right in with the people who had been working there for

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