College essay

Rita Gao

English IV

Coach Morrell

8/7/12

Describe yourself.

Honestly, I haven’t image that I will chose to go aboard and travel thousands miles away from China to United State. I don't have such that powerful inner to drive me to make this important choice. Amid those new boarding experiences, my course works and the motif that my mom told me “you will get what you want if you try it harder and don't easily give up” are very influential on who I have become today.

I accepted the challenge of AP courses during my high school years to try to make progress in my studies. Soon enough, I figured that the “progress” came with expense. The feelings that I had when I first went to AP class were I was so nervous and filled of uncertainly. “I feared I would mess up everything and couldn't handle the work” I sank into this negative attitude whirlpool and was bounded by this chain. With this mood I began my AP trip, and as I had thought, the heavy workload almost occupied all my spare time for the semester; however, my grade in the AP course was not only unsatisfactory but also like a slide. The grade was like a catalyst to exacerbate my unconfident and the uncertainly about how I can pass the AP test. I began to struggle, to want to get out of that whirlpool or to bow to give up. For the concern of affecting my overall GPA, I was, for times, considering of dropping the course. Finally, I decided to talk to my teacher about dropping the class. Surprisedly, after I spoke out my problem and worry, my teacher told me not to give it up because she trusted me so I needed to trust myself that I can do it too. And everything will be fine at last. She also said if I had some questions I can go for tutoring at any time and her door will always be open for me. The encouragement from my teacher highly motivated me and offered me a huge confidence. I added hours to my tutorial time; I conducted more experiments after school to help with my understanding, I did exercises till mid night. When there was a bump in the AP road, I crossed it patiently and confidently with the belief and the “I can do it” attitude that I have. Day after day, finally, I got a good score on my AP test. When my teacher told me my score I was so excited and became more confident and firm that I can’t bow to give up.

I may encounter many different problems in the future. At this time, I trust myself to stay with it and not to give it up. I said to myself that I can do it and gained a precious thing “confidence”. I have this “say no to give up” belief with me and I make it successful. There is a quote that I like and I use it as a motto “Everything will be okay in the end, if it is not okay, it is not the end.” Never giving up and giving myself more confidence has played a role in my life and I will go with them in my future.