Personal Essay: Applying To College

I never thought I would be applying to college….. ever since I was a really young girl I

knew I always wanted to help people. I wanted to be a doctor to help and save other people's

lives. I remember one day in kindergarten we had career day and I was so excited. I

could not wait to meet a doctor. The doctor came and told us amazing stories. Then he told

us that we had to go to college for about four years to eight years. I was heart broken… I knew

at the age of six I was not going to college. I never really thought I was smart enough to attend

college.

I always got B’s, C’s, and sometimes two D’s. I even thought that I would fail a grade

because I never really understood the problems we would go over. It

I felt so bad because

everyone else would get it within that 45 minute class period. By middle school I even thought

of dropping out. I was not sure about high school because I was not always getting the help I

needed. No one would listen to me. I never felt that I was dumb, I just did not think that I was

smart enough. I thought to myself that if my mother did not attend college, why should I? I did

not believe in myself, mostly because no one believed in me; neither family nor my friends. But I

had to be realistic about dropping out because, what was I going to do? I did not know what

I wanted to be or do anymore once I got older.

When I was about 14, I knew I wanted to work with little kids. I still wanted to help people

out. I had to think of a way to help out younger children as a career without going to college. I

wanted to make a difference in their lives. But I realized I had to go because you can not really

get anywhere without a college degree. So I had to suck it up and try even harder in school.

When I finally got to 7th grade I made honor roll for the first time! I was so excited and got