<p>Im currently writing my essays for private schools and I'm planning to major in engineering and I felt this experience is good and fits well, please let me know what you think. Also needs to be shorten</p>
<p>Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</p>
<p>The thought of failure behind my head, the butterfly feeling in my stomach, I felt like I was making a mistake. I took AP Calculus BC rather than AP statistics. Heading in Calculus BC I felt a little intimidated and scared because I didnt do all that good in Calculus AB. Its always been a goal to get my bachelors in engineering so I can work in the technology field but the grade I received in AB made me feel that I couldnt handle the math.
I wanted to see if I was cut out for engineering, so I took BC. The first day of class I was discouraged, my teacher wrote integrals, derivatives, and formulas. Staring at the board I couldnt recall anything, I totally forgot my basics of calculus. I felt my foundation wouldnt even get me passed the first lesson. Five minutes before the bell rang, my teacher yelled out Test on Friday, a cold shiver went down my back and felt that butterfly feeling I hate.
I sat at home staring at my notebook and looking at the notes I copied down from today, I had no idea what they meant or what to do. I looked at my calendar and noticed its Thursday. I told myself What should I do and thats when I remembered my memories of my curiosity of technology. In like a snap of finger I woke up and found this self-motivation that made me get my old Calculus AB notebook and review note by note. Overtime I started connecting the dots to what my teacher wrote. I spent hours trying to comprehend to the best of ability, knowing that this class is the next step that will get me closer to my goal.
Its Friday, I walk in to class and the butterflies are running wild in my stomach. I look at my notebook for one more quick view before he handed out the test. In matter of seconds all I hear is Everything off the desks. I put everything away and just sat there waiting for that white paper that was in my teachers hand. He set it face down on my desk; I had this feeling like my life was all on this test. The only words I heard next are flip it over and start.
I flip the test and to my surprise, I noticed its easy. Everything I been reviewing just came together and allowed me to solve every problem with no sign of the butterfly feeling. I was able to find limits, graphs, and derivatives. When I finished that last problem, I looked over my test and felt relaxed, it felt like twenty pounds just feel of my shoulder and that feeling of success felt amazing.
I returned on Monday back to class and my teacher was passing out the tests. He gave me my test face down and the butterfly feelings came back, I flipped the test over, the butterfly feeling vanished when I saw a five on the top right corner. Next Friday I got my next test and I got a five and the following Friday I got a four and next Friday I got a five. I have one of the highest grades in the class. It felt so good knowing that I proved myself wrong and that I stepped up to challenge because I feel even closer to my goal than ever.</p>