A semi-warm day was turning into a chilly night on October 22nd. I had spent the evening after work, reading Another Country by James Baldwin, at ______Park after work. As the sunset I knew it was time for me to head towards home and finish writing my Personal Statement.
I decided against writing it at home and instead I went to the coffee shop less than a block away from house to finish writing it. A new emailed landed as soon as the Wi-Fi turned on. There it was the news I had be waiting for all year, six days early, my LSAT score. I opened it, and to my horror it was 9 points lower than the average of my last months of practice test. Immediately I felt hot tears steaming down my face, and quickly those hot tears turned into sobs. Being originally from South Carolina, I normally would have thought what I was doing was insane. But this was NYC and everything was buzzing around me, I felt isolated enough to cry in front of everyone in a bustling Starbucks alone. I left to go home around closing time, feeling like I had lost a loved one, I …show more content…
He lightly promised me that if I got my grades up he would help me get scholarships to go to college. That year I started the dual credit program at my high school taking college AP courses at York Technical College, and University of South Carolina, that year I earned a 4.0 and improved my GPA. That summer I was accepted into a national science foundation program at Bennett College and I earned a 4.0 there as well. These experiences gave me hope and made me realize that maybe the hope I was looking for could be sparked by people inside my community who believed in me. That year my academic self-confidence grew so much, despite the barriers, I was able to improve my GPA dramatically and my SAT scores, and Mr. Baucom helped me get a full ride scholarship to Virginia State
I decided against writing it at home and instead I went to the coffee shop less than a block away from house to finish writing it. A new emailed landed as soon as the Wi-Fi turned on. There it was the news I had be waiting for all year, six days early, my LSAT score. I opened it, and to my horror it was 9 points lower than the average of my last months of practice test. Immediately I felt hot tears steaming down my face, and quickly those hot tears turned into sobs. Being originally from South Carolina, I normally would have thought what I was doing was insane. But this was NYC and everything was buzzing around me, I felt isolated enough to cry in front of everyone in a bustling Starbucks alone. I left to go home around closing time, feeling like I had lost a loved one, I …show more content…
He lightly promised me that if I got my grades up he would help me get scholarships to go to college. That year I started the dual credit program at my high school taking college AP courses at York Technical College, and University of South Carolina, that year I earned a 4.0 and improved my GPA. That summer I was accepted into a national science foundation program at Bennett College and I earned a 4.0 there as well. These experiences gave me hope and made me realize that maybe the hope I was looking for could be sparked by people inside my community who believed in me. That year my academic self-confidence grew so much, despite the barriers, I was able to improve my GPA dramatically and my SAT scores, and Mr. Baucom helped me get a full ride scholarship to Virginia State