College Application Essay: The Importance Of Studying And Education

Duquesne was actually the last place I ever thought I would end up for college. I never wanted to stay close to home and the city did not seem like the right fit for me. However, once I discovered all the opportunities it had to offer I realized it did not matter that the city location wasn’t quite what I wanted and that home was only forty minutes away. It could give me what I really wanted and enjoyed – a high level, in-depth education.
The importance of studying and education was greatly stressed in my household from the time I was in kindergarten to when I was writing up college application essays, so for a while I thought my desire to succeed and get good grades stemmed from my parents always pushing me to do well. However, as I grew older and my parents did not feel the need to keep driving me to study and get ahead I realized that that want for knowledge and education was something that I had always possessed even before my parents started to influence my studying. I would read books upon books of stories of any kind without anyone forcing me to just because I loved to read and learn about new things or words.
The passion I had for education continued to grow and resulted in me taking more challenging and demanding classes in high school and …show more content…
One thing about me is that I hate to disappoint people. I did not come to school at Duquesne for my parents or anyone else but myself, however, one of the things that still motivates me to do well is that it will make my parents proud. They have always been extremely supportive of me and done everything they possibly could to help me succeed in all my endeavors. Now, I want to pay them back for everything they have done for me by doing well and making them proud. When I’m feeling like I cannot do something or my want to learn is seemingly nonexistent I think it will be the need to make my parents proud that will make me keep