Hi I am a student in the NOVA region, where everyone is very smart and just really really talented. Like everyone has a 4.0 . I admit that I’m jelous and my gpa is a literally nothing its 3.3 and my SAT score is a mere 1350. We immigrated to the United States 4 years ago. When I first started, I had to learn everything by myself.Below is my common app essay. I applied to JMU, VCU, William and Mary, UVA and Virginia tech. What are my chances.
Moving around has been a constant in my family. Almost every 3-4 years we would move. This greatly affected my
education and many other aspects such as the environment I grew up in. It was hard coming from a non native
English speaking family when I first moved to America in 8th grade. Life as I knew it had completely changed
gears and my entire world became upside down. I had learn how to communicate and understand how things
worked. It was also very difficult on me especially because I was bullied for having an accent at the time since I
had just moved. I was the little brown girl that was easy to be picked on. I was fat shamed and ridiculed because I
was different from the rest of them. It broke me on the inside.The experiences I went through have made me
stronger, but at what cost. I put up with abuse from multiple aspects of my life because I didn’t know any better. I
believed if I were to fight back I would stoop to their level. Now a 17 year old, I cannot bear to be touched. This
deep seeded fear that I will be hurt once more, that one day that love will run out. Trust is obsolete to me, my
subconscious rules it all.
We moved again from Nevada to Virginia.The Virginian education standards were incomparable to the Nevada
system. Everyone was in some race rushing to meet their ends and the difficulty of the classes was another level. I
struggled to keep up, and worked very hard to keep my grades up. It had taken me over a year to adjust to the
difficulty levels and understand the expectations. The summer following 9th grade was the most difficult period for
me. My grandpa was diagnosed with colon cancer and it had metastasized to the nearby organs. He had fought
cancer for a year, it was the most painful experience for me and my family. He passed away the following year. I
was devastated and wasn’t in any shape or form able to do anything. My grades had taken a swing and spiraled
out of control. After almost 8 months, I realized it was time for me to move on with life and accomplish my goals
and look at things with a different perspective. That year I was taking AP Biology and pushed myself and worked
so hard that I had won honorable mention in Toshiba Exploravision, a international science competition .I learned
so much that year and even ended the year with honor roll. This was a major accomplishment for me because I
had challenged myself and had taken 3 AP subjects. I developed a serious passion for science and the human
body. I even did an independent project on “Somatosensory abilities acquired through a prosthetic spine”. This
passion along with personal events voiced my career path that I plan to take. Having so many medical incidents
happen to my family, makes me want to help people and help lessen the same pain that they would be going
through. Doctors help save lives everyday. Even one person helped is one more life that has been saved. I want to
go to college to continue my passion for science with better resources and professors. I would be the first person
in my family to go to college in America. It is a matter that is dear to my heart and people around me as I continue
on the path towards becoming a doctor, right here in America.