Personal Narrative Essay: The Sport I Love In College

When I think back on a struggle that I have had to overcome in the past I immediately think of college. My struggle was not just choosing a college, but playing the sport I love in college. It might not seem like a struggle to some people when they look at it, but granted I had summers, nights with friends, and vacations all taken away from me. It was a sacrifice that I had to make. I had to look for everything when looking at college’s; I had to look at the size, if they had my major, if I liked the coach, if I liked the team, how much money I would get for playing, and did it fit me right. All this had to be factored into one college. What I struggled with most was thinking is all this going to pay off in the end.
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It was almost another job in itself. I still had college visits because when I thought that I had it narrowed down, another coach would called. As the school year started I felt like I was running out of time and was giving up on finding a college right for me. There would be some coaches that once contacted me, but then later never reached back out to me. Mentally I thought that I was not good enough for some colleges and finding a college that would want me was slowly running out of time. The stress and constant pressure of finding someone that would want me drove me crazy sometimes. Giving up was almost an option because I struggled with the fact some schools didn’t need me and I thought that that was every school out there. That is until I found my perfect college that not I only wanted to go to, but they also wanted …show more content…
It taught me to never give up, and it also taught me how to make good use of my time. If I had to go through it again I would. I went through this process to do something that I loved in my life. It was also good to have teammates that were going through the same thing that I was going through. I had so much support from my parents, other family members, and friends. My advice would be no matter how hard it gets, no matter how much I was pushed, don’t give up something that you love because it always works out in the end. I didn’t give up because it has been my dream to play in college since I was young. I finally get to say that all of this stress was worth it. All of the long nights and early mornings were hard at the time but now I can’t wait to start college at my dream