<p>Im a twenty year old white man from Florida. I want to major in Linguistics at Umass.</p>
<p>SAT
Reading: 680
Math: 480</p>
<h2>Writing: 600</h2>
<h2>GED: 2850</h2>
<h2>EC: Ive been teaching myself Latin; and using MITs free online courses.</h2>
<p>Hook: My father tried to kill my mother and me. When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. I would have panic attacks every morning before school. Eventually the stress got to me; I dropped out in the eighth grade. My sister died of a heroin overdose that year. On the day of her funeral, my brother was arrested, and I have not heard from him since. Upon turning sixteen, I attended Job Corps and attained my GED. When I was seventeen I became homeless. My mother and I moved to Florida where I started working fourteen hour days of carpentry. I had no time to study. Whenever I did get personal time, I was too busy studying etymology and morphology to concentrate on math. With twenty aunts and uncles, I will be the first person in my entire family to attend college.</p>
<p>Thanks for your time!</p>