My Sophomore Year Essay Examples

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Scalpel, Forceps, Empathy: How My College Experiences Are Preparing Me to Become a Competent Doctor (861 words, 3 pages)

During my sophomore year of college, I had the privilege of watching a cardiothoracic surgeon perform an aortic dissection. Throughout the procedure, the surgeons expertise and precision kept me in awe, wondering if I had it in me to hold another persons fate in my hands. He was aware that ... Read More

Running for Class Treasurer (1316 words, 4 pages)

As I got up from my seat, I remember my palms being clammy and thinking in my head, You got this, just do not throw up in front of everyone like Mia did in Princess Diaries. I opened up with the boring yet classic introduction, Hello, I am Celeste and ... Read More

Personal Essay on Immigration and the American School System (1296 words, 4 pages)

As a child I would have never imagined that I would be studying abroad, I grew up in a country that attending college or an university was not the subject you heard of the most, so it was a subject that I did not know about until my family and ... Read More

The Personal Reason for Success and College (1181 words, 4 pages)

To look forward for a success, individual needs to prepare for yourself a good intellectual plus a nimble and an active head. How to do that? Dont stop learning. We need to learn more and more to strengthen our long-term knowledge. Learning is not only the knowledge but also practice ... Read More

My Experience Being Bullied in the ROTC (721 words, 2 pages)

I have never thought that when you get bullied that ignoring them will make them leave you alone, that it would only make matters worse.It was my Freshman year, a year that I would never forget. Freshman year was horrible. Something personal happened, but that was the year that I ... Read More

My Experience in a Wrestling Tournament (1216 words, 4 pages)

On the mat, it is you versus your opponent. What would you do to win? How far would you push yourself? Your decisions equal consequences. On the spring of 2012, I had earned my place and participation in the North Carolina State-Wrestling tournament at Greensboro. The wrestling at the tournament ... Read More

A Teen’s Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis (2001 words, 5 pages)

I remember everything like it was yesterday it was the summer after my freshman year of high school. I was standing in line with my family waiting to enroll me into school. While I was standing in line, I noticed that my vision was getting blurry. It happened out of ... Read More

Why I Am Interested in Joining Sarah Lawrence College (436 words, 1 pages)

My sophomore year, I took a stage make-up course after school. Myinstructor, Maria, taught me how create various face paintings - fromHollywood goddess to Frankenstein. Besides the regular make-up course,she taught me a life lesson, make-up does not show what is real. My search for different schools has been very ... Read More

How My English Teacher Has Changed My Life (404 words, 1 pages)

Prior to high school, I was an average student in the classroom, decentwork with decent grades. To be honest I was in fact a lazy student. Iwas very involved in sports and never really made the time to put in mystudies. I was always told that as long I was ... Read More

Career Goals in Child Psychology (548 words, 1 pages)

Someday I would like to pursue a career in child psychology. Ive always enjoyed helping other people. My interest in helping others began in my sophomore year during which I took a class called Teen Leadership. The class was structured on a training system in which we had to do ... Read More

How Moving to California Has Shaped Dreams and Aspirations (489 words, 1 pages)

After the tenth birthday, my content life quickly turned into a new direction as my family moved from Vietnam to a small town in California. Moving to an entirely new country was a frightening experience due to many issues such as language and money. Surprisingly, this twisted chapter ofmy life ... Read More

Embracing Opportunity: My Life Experiences (417 words, 2 pages)

Opportunity knocks at a persons door every day. How that person chooses to embrace that opportunity can affect the way their life plays out. When I was younger I was presented with a chance to excel in my learning which taught me that it is important to set goals and ... Read More

My Career Goals: Why I Want to Become a Special Education Teacher (838 words, 2 pages)

One year ago I thought I knew everything I wanted for my future career and life. But, in reality the only thing I knew was that I was going to get a degree as a special education teacher and play basketball at some college, but still did not know which ... Read More

My Experience Learning English (770 words, 3 pages)

Freshman English has been a very eye opening experience so far. Itransferred my sophomore year therefore I never took English as afreshman at Ursula. Being a senior in AP English, I can see how thecurriculum is set to help a student progress throughout the years. Whileobserving the class, I can ... Read More

Factors That Influence My Career Choice (488 words, 2 pages)

My career choice is led by a number of factors that have occurred in my life. I am currently pursuing a degree in nursing. Growing up I always wanted to be a nurse. My passion for nursing became stronger when my mother was diagnosed with diabetes. Later, in high school ... Read More

My Experience While Working with Habitat for Humanity (498 words, 2 pages)

Service work, of any kind, is a great way to step outside of your average self and put others first for a change. If you look at it from an enthusiastic perspective of helping the needy, instead of doing mandatory school service hours, you will truly get the most out ... Read More

Learning a Life Lesson (1016 words, 3 pages)

During my sophomore year of high school, teachers would tell me that I needed to start looking for a major I was interested in. They would ask me what I was interested in and if there was a specific profession I wanted to be. My answer would always be I ... Read More

Why I Want to Pursue a Career in Writing (1134 words, 3 pages)

My choice to write was not something that I knew for my entire life. It's only been five years since I started to write. There was one event in my life that triggered my writing. That was the death of my father. My father passed when I was 15. He ... Read More

Why I’m Interested in the Law (807 words, 2 pages)

The law has been a comforting constant in my life since the day I was born. Entering the world as the daughter of a girl barely of age to drive, I was given up for adoption due to a lack of support and financial assistance from her family. My parents ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About High School and Taking Advantage of the Opportunities Given (728 words, 2 pages)

Opportunities LostThere are two types of people in the world, the ones who enjoyed high school and the ones that absolutely hated it. Most people get to enjoy high school with the people they grew up with and then graduate high school with the same people. I had one friend ... Read More

The Event That Changed My Life Forever (506 words, 2 pages)

When calamities are introduced to ones life, it becomes increasingly difficult to continue living in a normal manner or view the world in the same realm as seen before the hardship. Just when life cant get any worse, one has to prove that more can be balanced on their plate. ... Read More

The Evolution of the English Language and Its Relation to Bilingualism (2211 words, 7 pages)

Congrats we are all BilingualIn a communications class during my sophomore year, I learned of the potential of language. My professor explained to us the power of being able to name something. The text we looked at believed that if you had the power to name a creature, you had ... Read More

A Personal View of What a Patriot Is (354 words, 1 pages)

My definition of a patriot is someone who passionately supports their country and is prepared to fight for what's there's. There is also a nationalist someone with strong patriotic feelings, but to the extreme. They believe that there country is the greatest, and that no other country can compare. In ... Read More

A Narrative on Why I Took a Class on English Language (739 words, 2 pages)

English The ClassEnglish. Why take a class on a language Im fluent in? At least, thats the attitude I had in the first few years of my introduction to real full fledged writing. I began to write papers and long winded things of that nature near seventh or eighth grade, ... Read More

A Video Responce on the Flaws within Our School System (457 words, 2 pages)

Video Responce School SystemThe video about flaws within our school system really spoke to me. I do believe we should not teach a fish to climb trees. It is painful to watch someone think they are a failure because they may not succeed at a certain subject. They may excel ... Read More

A Pursuit of a Career in the Field of Nursing to Serve Other People (642 words, 2 pages)

Growing up in this vast world flooded with an assortment of challenges, dilemmas, and issues, I believe a majority of our society and my generation have become more self centered. We are so caught up in our own lives and challenges that we fail to notice the people who desperately ... Read More

Failure and My Identity in College (1014 words, 3 pages)

Failure and IdentityWheaton was not my first choice of college. In the fall of my senior year I applied to four schools that I absolutely loved. I could picture myself attending all of themgoing to classes, living in the dorms, and exploring the local areaeven though being admitted to any ... Read More

Identity, Personal Experiences, and Morals in the Works of Kevin Roozen, Andrea Lunsford and Victor Villanueva (1005 words, 4 pages)

When given an essay to write, most people immediately attempt conjure up different ideas that could be integrated into the essay. We call this brainstorming, the act of producing an idea or a collection of thoughts to be inscribed. However, ideas do not just magically formulate in our heads. Often, ... Read More

The Path to Realizing One’s Self and Purpose (423 words, 2 pages)

AVID Speech (realistic fiction)Going against my fathers ultimate wish for me was the most challenging decision Ive ever made. Growing up, I was the only child of all my siblings who would always do what was expected of them. One of the expectations my father had in mind was for ... Read More

A Narrative on My Writing About My Childhood in the Ghetto (937 words, 3 pages)

Literacy Narrative Revised DraftGrowing up in the streets of South LA taught me a lot of things. I grew up knowing that I had to be aware of my surroundings and making sure that no one was following me. Yes, indeed it is true that South Central LA is not ... Read More