College Essay 1

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2) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?

Failure is the mother of all success. That is the mantra I live by day to day as I attempt to try new things. It is virtually impossible to succeed without failing. Walt Disney failed and was fired by his newspaper editing company because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” Dr. Seuss had his first book rejected by 27 publishers, and yet his books now have sold over 600 million copies. These two remarkable men did not let failure stop them, for they continued to aspire. For Spring Break during 8th grade our family was going skiing. We normally go skiing during the spring, but for this time, for some reason, my sister and I were especially looking forward to it. We counted down the days until we would be speeding down the slopes, and finally the day came. The skiing was absolutely fantastic, but the next day something horrible happened. The previous day, I had a pretty hard fall, but I got up and everything seemed fine. I was wrong. The next day, when I woke up I had trouble breathing, but my parents both said I was fine, so I continued to ski. In the middle of the day, I had so much difficulty breathing that I could barely take a step without gasping for air. The Ski Patrol brought me down the slopes and I went to the hospital. I was diagnosed with HAPE, or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema. I remember the doctor told me that I would never be able to ski again. I was really upset that I would never be able to do something that I loved to do ever again. I was shocked. Our ski vacation ended early and we headed back to Atlanta. I had failed. I could not believe that I would never ski again. What was I going to do for future spring breaks? Soon, I came to realize that maybe

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