<p>I am planning to address prompt 2 with a subject that really hit the heart and is relative to the application. In high school I worked my ass off, got amazing grades, did well in sports. I got into almost every school I applied to. Basically my life was perfect - I never felt any personal stress. In late April I had serious family problems, as well as a loved one getting very sick. I then had my mind in the wrong place and missed my SIR deadline. I've never felt so worthless in my life; I felt like I failed my family, and couldn't stand the fact that I just lost everything I worked hard for just like that. I was relentless but none of my appeals worked. In the end I went to a CC and then now I'm taking 27 units this fall. I plan on getting a 4.0, at worst a 3.82 and hope to get into Berkeley. With the spring semester and my AP units I'm going to transferring with junior standing. </p>
<p>Anyways I was wondering if writing about how this experience was important to me because I was able to put this event behind me and still stay motivated in school. I'll admit, I used to be a egotistical prick, but the whole experience was humbling and it actually made me hungrier than I've ever been before. I would say it relates to the person I am because it illuminates how I faced a big setback, but I still didn't choose to settle for less than what I felt I deserved, and as a result I decided to technically skip my sophomore year but taking a extremely hard course load and reapplying the next year.</p>
<p>Is this too much? I feel like college admission officers don't want to hear about college admissions in their essays at all. But I want to make the subject of this essay the coming of age and desire that I gained from the experience.</p>
<p>feedback please!</p>