<p>I moved to the U.S. when I was 7 and I am still waiting to obtain my permanent resident card.</p>
<p>It's starting to be difficult for me, since I'm getting older, and have become more aware of the way it makes things more difficult for me... such as college apps. It kinda hurts because I feel 100 percent American and English is the only language I know how to speak now. This issue has caused many fights in my family too. However, I realize how this setback has really made me aware of the privileges most people fail to see, etc. </p>
<p>Would this be a good topic for my number 3 UC essay? Explain any personal circumstances.. blah blah..</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but it's rude of you to judge a situation so hard in a certain direction that you don't even know about. Don't call it shallow unless you know exactly how the situation has affected me and the way its surrounding issues tore my family apart.</p>
<p>No, I said I was writing about the issue as a whole, not that I don't speak my native language. Nobody speaks it to me, but I do try and learn for myself. Therefore, it isn't exactly close to fluent.</p>
<p>I understand why you want to discuss that topic since being an immigrant not only gives you an outsiders perspective but also allows you do understand more about your own culture but I just think it's TOO hot of a topic at the moment. There is a good chance the reader of your essay will have already formed an opinion of the subject and it might not jive with your own. If you can write a compassionate well worded essay than sure why not, but if you don't think you can than I would skip it.</p>
<p>It's been stressful because my dad has a really short temper and he literally always reminds me that I'm not like everyone else. I literally grew up hearing that and I used to be very introverted, but I've had to make myself grow up and not worry about an issue I can not control. Beyond that, it's just torn my parents' marriage apart, but I don't want to disccuss that.</p>
<p>Oh, and to the person that said I should go to a private for the same price: I am a California resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>I was worried, too, that this topic would be too common right now. However, I have just found that cases that have been dragged out as long as mine are only in the hundreds.</p>
<p>i think you could make it work if (and i mean this with no offence intended) you focused on your familys (esp your dad) flaws and how theyv made you what you are.</p>