Getting to know you. (sample essay)

  This was my first day in highschool. The halls were so spacious, the gym was gigantic. What made stomach clench a little was the fact that none of my best friends would embark on the journey that I was going to make. Day one and it was as though everyone knew eachother. I couldn't even comprehend how to open my locker, which by the way was a bottom locker. Like come on ! I was taller than majority of the grade 8's that had top lockers. Another drawback I had was finding my classes and making it there within a 7 minute break. Man, I wasn't liking this whole high school thing at all. I was a rather loud and boisterous person. The kind of person that participated in all clubs and sports. I felt like a mime and I didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary. I just wanted to fit in. Everyone from Sullivan Heights just looked so much older and it was the scariest thing to participate in any sports because the older girls and coaches watched. Expectations definitely varied from reality. It was hard breaking out of the shell I had sheltered myself with for so long.


  I remember sitting there alone facing two teachers I highly thought of. I kept reminding myself, "You're confident, motivated and involved." So much had taken place in the last 4 years, and there I was trying to sell myself as the best candidate possible for student council. Over the years, my mixed martial arts training and weaponary has really molded me in the person I am today. It's been like a miniature cosmos in which I learned about my fears, anxieties, my happiness and more importantly myself. My training has prepared me for the real world. Presently, I am vice- president of student council, co-coach of the senior jazz team and on the senior hip hop team as well. The discipline I have learned in my training has carried over into every aspect of my life, such as my job at dynamite. I am able to engage with customers and work well with others. A sense of fashion has always been significant to me personally. I like to live by the rule of "dress for success" or "dress in what makes you happy." Furthermore I am the type of person that prefers to be busy. It gives me a purpose to do something and it drives me to keep going because change doesn't go unnoticed.

  I thrive for adventure. Thirteen years from now I want to have travelled the world, and have gone to every continent. To achieve this, my travels will start in present time. Also, I hope to have accomplished my medical degree and be in practice as a general physician. Along side that, I wish to continue my schooling in order to become a heart surgeon. At the end of the day I want to be able to sit back, drink coffee and enjoy every moment life has to offer. A well paying job, a home, travel, and eventually being settled is all I ask for. I plan to achieve this by staying focused and getting good grades. Hard work will pay off in the end.