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College Admissions Essay: PEP For Talented Student

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School has always been easy, this has often made things boring and being interested in what we’re doing is hard. I want to go to college to be challenged. I want to go to college to get a job; I want to go to college to open up opportunities for the future. My mom has inspired me to go to college. Growing up her family was poor and often evicted from homes. When she grew up my mom decided that she had to work hard to get into college so that she could get a job and live well. Because of her I understand how important an education is. In 5th grade I was put into a program called PEP for “gifted students” and learned many things well I was there. I didn’t learn just about higher level education but I learned many values too. I learned that giving

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