College Admissions Essay: Financial Disparities In Life

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My financial position in life has thus far been out of personal control. Everything I ever requested, was not simply catered.

Growing up, I started working as a freshman in high school as a baseball umpire. This did not monetarily amount to much, but I did not need anything yet. The first financial difficulty in my life was the price to buy a vehicle to drive to school. After my father gave his car to my older sister, he bought another one, and then I was left with no vehicle. My only option was to work over the summer of my sophomore year and attempt to earn enough to buy a cheap car. I worked all summer, not spending a penny. Near the end of summer, I was able to buy a Ford Ranger off the side of the road. This was a truck I had dreamed of, and thankfully, I had just enough: $2500.

While this story may sound easy now, it was assuredly not. On social media, seeing posts of birthday, Christmas presents, or even gifts for merely satisfactory grades, were brand new cars. Even my sister did not do anything but be a child of my parents to own a vehicle. Nothing made others more deserving of a vehicle, but this situation unfolded unfortunately due to my parents’ lack of
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However, this financial difficulty was one I could accomplish within a certain amount of time, and college is not the same price. To continuously progress in my educational journey, I had no time to earn the costs of higher education and my parents simply do not earn enough to pay for these dues either. Therefore, the only option left was to apply for private student loans. I have accumulated tens of thousands of dollars each semester in student loans already. To combat this, I worked at the hardware store for another summer, worked at a summer camp on a ropes course, landed a gig as a percussion director and arranger at my high school, and recently worked on Christmas break at a local music store polishing