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College Admissions Essay: Moving To The United States

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Only me and my sister moved to United States three years ago. Since my parents are not here in United States, I have to live with my aunt and her family. Living with other people and not with my family is really uncomfortable but I have to endure it since I have no other choice. Neither of my parents went to college, both of my parents are working day and night in Indonesia with the salary that is inadequate. The money that my parents earned by working day and night is still way less than the minimum wage workers here in United States. This actually motivated me to continue my education through college and study harder. My parents have always thought me the value of education since I was young and I know that education is the key to be succeed. They have always made me to never give up despite of our family’s status. …show more content…

The salary that my parents got, can only afford their basic living expenses and also contribute some of the rest to my and my sister’s college tuition, which is obviously not enough. To help paying my college tuition, I work on the weekends (three days a week) at a grocery store with a minimum wage paying. I am so thankful to my parents for letting me go to college and pursue my life goals despite our financial conditions. Although many times I have been thinking to drop out of school, but there is no way that I could do that because of all the sacrifices that my parents had. My family has made many sacrifices for me to give me an opportunity to be able to enter college. And because of their sacrifices, I am able to focus on my study, though I am in need of financial assistance to realize what has been my parents’ dream and my life ambitions. I do not want my parents’ sacrifices to be nothing, but I want to make something out of it, so that it will be beneficial for me, my parents, and the

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