College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me Who I Am

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I was once a little girl who loved sports, was full of life, who took any chance to make someone smile, learn something new, and my only goal was to live life to its fullest potential. Anyone that knows me now may see me as a kind, intelligent, and helpful person, maybe that’s who I strive to be, but it’s not really me. Many occasions involve me, shielding emotions and lying about my real intentions are my specialty. Because of how long I have trained myself to act different it is slowly becoming me, but there is still one side that hides inside and tries to rule my decisions then it comes out when all my problems pile up. Although this side only comes through when I am by myself and the rare time when it’s my mom, it is something that is hard to explain and no one knows the person that hides inside.
It was one fine Tuesday at
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The day was an A day so my classes went like this: Women’s Choir, Honors Algebra II, Physical Science, and Spanish I. All my life I’ve been striving for perfection and being the absolute best that I can be, my life goal is to gain as much knowledge as I can possibly fit into my adolescent brain. That's why I stress out a lot more than other people, and why the littlest things will set me off. After possibly the worst morning ever I went to my first class, a big room full of a bunch of sarcastic girls, and it wasn't that bad, well it never really is. And when the class was over I was fine until I started walking through the halls. I get this feeling when I’m walking down the hallway at school in between classes, it feels like everyone is watching me, but not in a good way, in a bad. My feet feel like they’re going to sink through to the next floor and I just want to hide. I know I don’t see myself the way others do I just can’t, no one can see me fully until they know me