Common App Essay
The i-Pad is a handheld computing device that is used for a range of multimedia entertainment. It has become a symbol of modern culture and exhibits the diversity one can experience from the advancing world today, by using the Internet to globalize or entertain oneself. This tablet computer allows one to download many different applications for a variety of purposes. I believe that these “apps” show the diversity of personal interest that one can have or pursue, just like me. The genius behind this new Apple product is one of my most admired heroes, Steve Jobs. At a graduation ceremony last year he said, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” With one fast swipe of your finger, you can unlock all the attributes that have contributed to my unique inner voice as a Latina student.
My inner voice comes from my multicultural family, which blends my dad’s European heritage with my mother’s Mexican heritage and traditions. I enjoy dual citizenship with the United States and Mexico, and thus have traveled back and forth experiencing family and cultural opportunities from a very different vantage point. For my entire life I have been blessed with being immersed in diversity first hand, and thus believe that my life decisions and feelings are a reflection of this. I have appreciated these diverse social circumstances and believe that it has helped me become a well-rounded human being. My cultural background is one of my most fully loaded “apps”. It has contributed to my ability to appreciate different environments, which has benefited me my entire life, especially in the job I acquired a year ago.
A recent work experience highlights how I maneuver through many myriads of cultural differences in my life and family. I have worked all year part-time at a local, wealthy country club, Onwentsia, as an assistant in their tennis facilities. The dlub policies demand strict adherence to all white tennis uniforms, proper manners and decorum in a very quiet environment. I had the good fortune of working with not only some of the pros here, but also training some of the teenagers who are eager to play on their high school team, just like I have had the privilege of doing all four years of my high school career, as another one of my favorite “apps”.
After I ended work on Saturday, I joined my mother and her friends for an afternoon fund raising “tardeada” or afternoon picnic. This was held at a public park with many inner city Hispanic young children and again, I was asked to teach tennis. I taught all the children on crumbling asphalt courts with some borrowed racquets and used tennis balls. The contrast was amazing, as the children’s outfits and mine were bright and colorful, the mariachi music played loudly in the background. Between many giggling matches, we ate my favorite dishes, tamales, taquitos and guacamole. This unique experience reflects my appreciation for the environment that I have been blessed to live in, and my cultural background.
I enjoy my job for not only being given the privilege to play tennis everyday when I show up for work, but also for the impact it has on my business and social skills.
Like my summer internship at Lrn2innovate, where we installed thin client “cloud” devices for inner city schools, I also enjoyed working with the young boys and girls who have fewer opportunities than I do. These children are sometimes picking up a racquet or being exposed to new technology or software for the first time through me. All these experiences reflect my apreciation for the ability to be diverse and show individual interest that has contributed to my inner voice.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and this is a gift life has given all of us. My inner voice is a reflection of the love of my heritage and the diversity I have been exposed to. Throughout my high school career, I have effectively enriched my life with a variety of applications, and have been able to succeed in almost anything I partake in whether it is tennis, new technology, work, improving on my academics, choral programs or unique social interactions. I believe that this is because of my appreciation of being a diverse Latina student, and also because I am a person who benefits from learning from others’ unique inner voices, thus helping me to create and customize my own.
The world is a melting pot and as technology continues to evolve, everyone is able to enrich his or her life with the diversity that this world holds for us. The continuing genius of Steve Job’s is evident again when we watch the new i-Pad television campaign which blurt out single adjectives to remind us of the product’s capability such as musical, instructional, and creative. My growth and development has also expanded these past four years and my new campaign of personal adjectives would be —musical, athletic, social, responsible, giving, teaching, enthusiastic, American, Mexican, writer, reader and learner, and just like the iPad apps, more to come with time.
My inner voice comes from my multicultural family, which blends my dad’s European heritage with my mother’s Mexican heritage and traditions. I enjoy dual citizenship with the United States and Mexico, and thus have traveled back and forth experiencing family and cultural opportunities from a very different vantage point. For my entire life I have been blessed with being immersed in diversity first hand, and thus believe that my life decisions and feelings are a reflection of this. I have appreciated these diverse social circumstances and believe that it has helped me become a well-rounded human being. My cultural background is one of my most fully loaded “apps”. It has contributed to my ability to appreciate different environments, which has benefited me my entire life, especially in the job I acquired a year ago.
A recent work experience highlights how I maneuver through many myriads of cultural differences in my life and family. I have worked all year part-time at a local, wealthy country club, Onwentsia, as an assistant in their tennis facilities. The dlub policies demand strict adherence to all white tennis uniforms, proper manners and decorum in a very quiet environment. I had the good fortune of working with not only some of the pros here, but also training some of the teenagers who are eager to play on their high school team, just like I have had the privilege of doing all four years of my high school career, as another one of my favorite “apps”.
After I ended work on Saturday, I joined my mother and her friends for an afternoon fund raising “tardeada” or afternoon picnic. This was held at a public park with many inner city Hispanic young children and again, I was asked to teach tennis. I taught all the children on crumbling asphalt courts with some borrowed racquets and used tennis balls. The contrast was amazing, as the children’s outfits and mine were bright and colorful, the mariachi music played loudly in the background. Between many giggling matches, we ate my favorite dishes, tamales, taquitos and guacamole. This unique experience reflects my appreciation for the environment that I have been blessed to live in, and my cultural background.
I enjoy my job for not only being given the privilege to play tennis everyday when I show up for work, but also for the impact it has on my business and social skills.
Like my summer internship at Lrn2innovate, where we installed thin client “cloud” devices for inner city schools, I also enjoyed working with the young boys and girls who have fewer opportunities than I do. These children are sometimes picking up a racquet or being exposed to new technology or software for the first time through me. All these experiences reflect my apreciation for the ability to be diverse and show individual interest that has contributed to my inner voice.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and this is a gift life has given all of us. My inner voice is a reflection of the love of my heritage and the diversity I have been exposed to. Throughout my high school career, I have effectively enriched my life with a variety of applications, and have been able to succeed in almost anything I partake in whether it is tennis, new technology, work, improving on my academics, choral programs or unique social interactions. I believe that this is because of my appreciation of being a diverse Latina student, and also because I am a person who benefits from learning from others’ unique inner voices, thus helping me to create and customize my own.
The world is a melting pot and as technology continues to evolve, everyone is able to enrich his or her life with the diversity that this world holds for us. The continuing genius of Steve Job’s is evident again when we watch the new i-Pad television campaign which blurt out single adjectives to remind us of the product’s capability such as musical, instructional, and creative. My growth and development has also expanded these past four years and my new campaign of personal adjectives would be —musical, athletic, social, responsible, giving, teaching, enthusiastic, American, Mexican, writer, reader and learner, and just like the iPad apps, more to come with time.
So to sum it all up I've learned bundles these past four years. I've never really had trouble with organization, so a college essay like this one wasn't as hard to crank out as my poems, but through the course of my four years even my essay writing has improved. Grammar was somewhat of an issue, but creativity has to be my biggest struggle. I sort of dislike writing poems and usually stray away from it, I find myself still writing cliche lines and telling not showing during my poems... just leaves more improvement for the future I suppose. Well, this is the end of my not so interesting life as a writer at LFHS....cya:)
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