About Me Essay Examples

If there’s anything new that I’ve learned since entering college, it’s to never give up. Because once you fall, it will be hard to get back up again. We all struggle at one point or another, and I feel that college has allowed some of us to be brought down a peg or two. With…

The University of Illinois is known worldwide as being one of the most prestigious and challenging engineering and business universities. It has produced a multitude of incredibly successful entrepreneurs, brilliant engineers, and a handful of Nobel Prize winners. Students from all over the world aspire to come to this university in hopes that it can…

Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, JK. Rowling, and a personal favorite, Jim Carrey, are all just a few of many individuals who share one wonderful trait in common to reach their ultimate achievements. They all share the drive to take initiative. Not just the occasional initiative that treats people to a Starbucks drink today or make…

While the elders of every nation had stories of bravery and triumph to tell their children, the stories I hear of Malaysia wistfully involve events muddled by the crumbling of interracial peace, political upheaval and corruption. Controversies of discrimination, unjustified detention and election rigging indicate exploitation of legislative loopholes by the past government. Having just…

At this very moment, millions of people have the world at their fingertips. You can make a call to someone over a thousand miles away, learn a new cake recipe, and stream the latest Netflix series all within a matter of seconds. With technology progressing at an exponential rate, it is becoming much more challenging…

I grew up constantly reminded of the privilege of being a natural-born citizen of the United States. As a first-generation college student, I intend to reap the benefits of my blue passport until the day I die, providing my family with the life they strived, yet failed, to achieve for me. Currently, I am just…

In my Portfolio, I have included some of my papers from other class about what I was learning during this semester in a reflective way. My portfolio explores the new techniques I have learned as an undergrad college student writer, from the themes of culture and language that we talked about, and the main outcomes of…

“Are you sure about this?”, queried my mentor when I made the decision to apply to Periodontics residency this year. This question instantly transported me back to the moment a patient in her early twenties entered the clinic, exhibiting severely inflamed gums and deep pockets in the mandibular anterior area. Her visible distress and desire…

Anyone who knows my grandpa will be envious of the cool one I have. My grandpa is an unsung hero who I idolize. He dances around with me and sings retro songs that I go on singing. He is a very mature person who turns into a kid with his granddaughter. But there is one…

The circumstances of my childhood are illustrated by my eighth-grade promotion ceremony. I stood there alongside my fellow students, under the scorching evening sun. The line whittled down student by student: a name was called, a roar of applause came from the audience, the student was provided with a certificate, and they proceeded to walk…