<p>Here you go..</p>
<p>Personal Statement 2
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?</p>
<p>Until recently, my whole life was spent blindly trying to fit in and conform to the crowd. I did not even know myself nor what I wanted. I was like a transparent sheet of glass, whose image is only of what was behind me. I was a blind follower who was docile and ignorant to the world around him. A single grain of sand among others on the beach shore. Oh how I longed to be one of the seashells...</p>
<p>High school helped transition my whole attitude and character. It gave me room to grow and mature into who I am today. Looking back since my freshman year, I could clearly see the gradual change in me throughout my years. From following the wrong crowd, having others make decisions for me, just wanting to be accepted for the wrong reasons in my freshman year to being the crowd to be followed, making decisions for others, and accepting everyone, I've become a leader. I've become president of various clubs such as Anime Club in my sophomore year and Music Composers Club my junior year, I am directing an organized film project, I am co-leading the violins section in two orchestras: high school, and the San Joaquin Honors Orchestra, and I consult serious matters with administrators while maintaining a professional tone; the evidence is all there. It was a subtle, slow change that I did not notice for a long time. But when I did, I've realized that I'm no longer a fickle child who needs someone holding his hand in every second of his life.</p>
<p>From this, I've developed pride and confidence in myself. I've also gained more respect from others and more importantly from myself. I can look straight towards my reflection on the mirror and say "that's me" instead of asking "how can I become like this?". I've found myself. I found David Ngo. I am an individual and I run my own life through my hands and my hands only.</p>
<pre><code>It took Siddhartha Gautama forty-nine days to find enlightenment. It took me fifteen years to find mine. Either way, we both share the same thing in common. We found something worthwhile. We found happiness and content in ourselves.
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<p>Just a question:
Should I change Siddhartha to Buddha since that's more recognizable?
can you guys find any grammatical errors or anything that sounds plain weird?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>