Personal Statement: High School Analysis

Often times, I've been dismissed in society just because of my cultural background, however, it will not determine my future- the school has made me passionate and grateful for everything I've received. School itself has made me excel, discover colleges, and expand my interests. My hard work has paid off as my grades led me straight to the group the top-performing students, especially in mathematics and science. During my school years, I have been praised for my hard work for either helping teach other students, managing the classroom and even recommending ways to improve the class itself. High school brought on difficult challenges, but when I experienced Advanced Placement, it changed my whole perspective, and with my first score it inspired me to take more AP classes regardless of the work effort, even the teacher …show more content…
One major thing that has helped me was the Gear Up grant which allowed my grade to travel out of the city to experience how college really is, not just on paper. This also allowed me to take the Ivy League field lesson where I and other students competed for a spot to go to the Northeast coast to see many places that I'd never get to see such as New York and Ivy League schools. The grant has also enabled us to have summer programs on campus and at the local university where we could design from scratch and not going by a set of rules to follow.
It is because of all of these things I am able to narrow down my choices into the STEM category and it's the school that has provided many opportunities for me such as offering the optional class Computer Science I, that has made me want to major in STEM. Things like my cultural background have given me times where I need to prove my worth, but it's more than that, it's forced me to excel and prove any of those who may dismiss me as