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Paradise Lost

Milton 's verse in Paradise Lost , Long is the way /And hard , that out of Hell leads up to Light (Milton , Book2 , depicted the nightmare I experienced in late 2006 , that led to my reentry in senior year Restarting my senior year , with the class of 2008 has been difficult to bear , as nearly all my close friends were now attending various colleges and universities , throughout the United States , while I remained in Alexandria , Virginia , attending high school . As a result of an extended illness , I was faced with making

the hardest decision of my life , in an effort to preserve my self esteem and get my life back on track . It hit me like a lightning bolt , sending my life spinning out of control

I vividly remember sitting at the doctor 's office that fateful day in 2006 . As I was waiting for my appointment , I kept telling myself that everything had to be alright . However , when I entered the examination room , an intense feeling of gloom came over me , as my doctor told me that I could take six months or longer to recover . I felt dejected and defeated . My heart sank to its deepest slumber . I would be forced to sit back and rest as my senior year of high school slowly evaporated

After missing nearly two months of school , my parents and I scheduled a meeting with Mr . Garikes , the director of my school . We had been close for some time , since he taught History during my freshman year and I served on the high school student advisory board that reported both to him and the Dean of Students . Despite this connection I was not looking forward to seeing him on these terms . I felt ashamed and dismayed that I had missed so much from school . I became uncertain on how to approach the problem

Fortunately , despite the solution Mr . Garikes offered , I knew exactly what I had to do . I was determined to restart my senior year even if he offered me a scaled back schedule that would allow me to graduate with my class of 2007 . I could not bear the thought of receiving a diploma under the lesser requirements such an achievement of commencement would feel diminished and not entirely earned

As I look back on the year that was , I often remember the day I made a big decision in my life . I decided to graduate on my own terms- earn my diploma without any assistance . I followed my heart , I did what I knew was right . In doing so , I have made my journey longer and harder , but those consequences I willingly accept . In the words of Robert Frost , Two roads diverged in a wood , and I - I took the one less traveled by , and that has made all the difference (Frost . A lot have been said and done , but ultimately the path was paved by creating my own destiny and achieving this milestone MY WAY

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