I am genuinely excited to be applying to your university and hope that you will consider me favorably for admission. Overall, I would describe myself as an excellent student and have a good relationship with my teachers and peers. I have a strong aptitude for my and science, and I am planning to study computers and software engineering. Because I have had to overcome certain disabilities such as Dyslexia from a young age, I have had to learn to work harder than many other to get A’s and B’s, and this experience has left me with a string ability and determination to overcome any difficulties or obstacles. It has also given me a string social conscience and a desire to help others in the community with problems and disadvantages in life.
In describing my own background, I first want to mention that I was diagnosed with Dyslexia at age eleven and with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) when I was in 8th Grade. I struggled in school for several years before that as my mother attempted to get the schools refused to recognize these problems, which did not happen until I was in middle school. I understand what it is to feel humiliated and incompetent because of learning disabilities that go unrecognized, and this is not something I will ever forget.
Since there is no cure for this condition, I had to learn to live with it and work around it, and over the years I taught myself several techniques to help me accomplish this. Over time, then, I learned to cope with the dyslexia and went from a being C or D student in English to getting A’s and B’s. I have been getting mostly A’s in all my subjects along with a few B’s, and have a very strong aptitude for math and science. This experience has left me very determined and hardworking, and because I survived it I now feel that there is nothing that seems impossible to me. It has caused me to be driven to achieve the best and not to settle for anything less, but then I was left with no choice except to overcome these disabilities or let them overcome me.
In my extracurricular activities, I played football starting in my freshmen year through junior year and then became a manager of the football team. I also volunteer with the local fire department, the Food Bank and the little league baseball team, and the Food Bank. I also volunteer as an assistant coach with my younger brother’s baseball team and sometimes as a math and science tutor. I find that I really enjoy working in activities that are of service to the community, especially helping children, the disabled and the elderly. I now that there is a great deal of hunger, poverty and homelessness in this society, especially because of the current recession, and have seen this firsthand.
