College Admissions Essay: How My Mom Changed My Life

My mom always told me I am a very purposeful person. I never really got the meaning behind her saying this even though she used to tell me this plenty of times when i used to live with her . Growing up, i always had an upper hand in academics. Especially math. But being where I was from it was harder to make a good living off of what you have. In Chicago, I was the youngest of three boys. They both dropped out of high school and took a different route in life. Me being the youngest growing up with a single mom made it harder on me to finish school because they wanted me to be something out of the family, they wanted me to make a nice living. I remember living with my auntie because we didn’t have a home at times, We shared Christmases in the

I love making music because this is what one of my older brothers first taught me to do. I loved to Rap, now i like to make different types of music and Write songs. I want to go to College for Journalism to better my Writing Skills and to be able to expand my vocabulary. I also want to go to school for Engineering because i like cars and love learning about them because of my uncle and how he was very handy. Once I finish high school i hope that I’m accepted to a college so that I’m able to make my mom and dad happy of me. to be a first generation accepted in college, This would show that my family is capable of making it to the higher life and able to graduate. Even if I only graduate high school This would make me accomplish more than what the majority of my family have did. When I see my family, it’s sad to say but they have been in the same spot they have been in for years and I don’t want to be like that when i get older.This is the Only real reason I want to get into college to get my degree. I also want to be able to give back to the people that believed in my dreams and helped steer me in the correct direction instead of holding me