College Admissions Essay: My Passion

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While there are many attributes that make me unique, my passion is the most prominent. I have passion for helping people, especially kids. This lead me to volunteer at my church with kids, tutor kids, and begin the application process with Big Brothers Big Sisters, an organization with which I will meet once a week with a kid at an elementary school near my college to mentor him, because he has been deemed in need of a mentor because of some sort of hardship in his life. My passion for music lead me to play trombone and marching baritone in band, both concert and marching, at the high school level. During my senior year, my marching band even won Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana. This took an astronomical amount hard work, perseverance,

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