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College Admission Essay

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In the words of civil rights great Mahatma Gandhi, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Receiving an education, in my opinion, is the foremost responsibility of every individual who walks this Earth. Education, however, has different meanings for different people. In some cultures, an education may include learning agrarian or farming techniques. In many other cultures, an education consists of attending primary school, secondary school and later attending college. No matter how the concept of education is prescribed in a given society, this fact remains true: everyone desires to have learned more when they leave this world than they did when they came in. Personally, I desire to receive a college education because I believe that by receiving such an …show more content…

Throughout my life and educational career, I have always been the person who was “called on” to be the Master of Ceremonies for a program or to speak at an event. Like most people, I often changed my career goals—wanting to be a dentist one day, an educator the next. One thing remained constant, however—I talked and people listened. Since elementary school until present, I have been an anchor on my schools’ news teams. Currently, I function as anchor and producer of my school’s news team which I helped begin from the “bottom up”. I now realize that creativity and media are my passions, so now I am determined to pursue them as career goals. Aspiring to become a high-profile individual in the media, I intend on revolutionizing how individuals are portrayed in the media—particularly African Americans. Without a college education, I would not be able to become the media professional that I intend to become thus not being able to make an

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