To Whom Ever This Letter May Concern,
I am writing this letter on the
behalf of myself and nobody else to express not a plea, rather an interest in
the institution of education. I want to recognize the diligence of what your
school has accomplished over the years which it has been educating the young
and the old brilliant minds as well as the people that come out of these
institutions. Men and women who do not just see dreams in their own future but
rather create them themselves to become more than just members of a society
whom are useless and unthankful but rather those that help out others, may it
be doctors, veterinarians, psychologists, educators and scientists which create
a better world for us every day.
As a
student I want to admit that what I have done academically I should not be
proud of and first and formally I should admit my flaws. Despite hardships
faced along my high school career between family life, and school as well as a
business which has helped out my family over the past three years. I do not
want to make any excuses while I am writing this letter. I want to make out
something which is very important to me and express it to you. As a person I believe
educating and exploring your limits is the most important part of life, as
humans we have no limits as long we do not place any upon ourselves. Every excuse
and every downfall which occurs is self-brought because we can always pick
ourselves up. However priorities do arise far and in between, sometimes school
work has to be put off to help family especially in troubled times. Although
education is something you always pursue. As a human I have never learned based
on my successes but upon my failures what is right based on what I have done
wrong. That is how I was raised and how I was taught.
It has
been my dream, wait not just a dream, a place that, as a person I wanted to
reach whether it may have been education, a career, a running business; no
matter what it was they were never dreams they are goals which I will
accomplish despite challenges presented. What to me it seems that getting into
a successful college it takes is either parents with a lot of money or parents
who work at these universities. Those students with a lot of money have an
advantage they do not have to worry about whether they will be on the street
the next day or whether they will have something to eat. They can go out there and spend $2,000 on a
study session with a private tutor to teach them how to ace the SATs or if they
need help with other studies. Majority of those who are in that situation
though do not seem to care about their future or the next day however, there
are those like myself who legitimately care. However presented with certain
situations education becomes less important and focusing on supporting your own
family becomes a priority. It is my question to you to ask what admissions seek
in a student. Is it someone who is successful in their high school career? If
so what do you define success by? Perhaps for a student they are successful at
the point where they are pursuing an education despite grades despite
challenges where sometimes you will receive an F in a class only to learn what
you did wrong. Do you measure success in terms of grades? Because if that is so
than in richer towns kids who are valedictorian and salutatorians majority of the time they have never put
themselves outside their comfort zone. They can make the time to study however
there are those that still want the education which the others receive and
cannot pursue it; it is not fair to them. Yes, life is not fair, I have heard
that millions of times. However, those who advocate for themselves should be given
a chance despite the fact. Just because I was not always successful in school
does not mean I should be given less of a chance than someone who was. Why should
College Board Org. or my grades describe me as a person? Why cannot be myself and
those whom I have worked for as well helped that advocate for me instead. Why
can I not advocate for myself and be given a chance to go to a prestigious school
such as yours. What makes me different? The constitution says, “Life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness…” what if to me my pursuit of happiness is seeking
an education in a school of my choice.
Nevertheless,
what is more intriguing to me that grades also never show a student’s potential
or intelligence. Sure anyone can sit down and memorize a whole bunch of
vocabulary words and formulas for a test and do well on that test. However, not
everyone tests well. My SAT scores do not reflect my intelligence with three
languages, Polish, English and Spanish, behind my belt and I am working on a
fourth, Russian, and with a low 1570 for an SAT score. How does that reflect
anything? The answer it does not. Perhaps I am being a bit too cocky right now
and perhaps I am making this too long. As a university you should understand
the importance of what I am saying and the failures of your system. Perhaps
using me as a prime example is a bad idea, however it drives the point that
there are many others like me. Who are willing to learn and want to pursue
something but universities such as yours only give that opportunity to those
who have parents who can either afford it or are somehow connected to the
schools.
Your answer to me might be, in words such as “thank
you for writing to us, we will take your words into consideration” however to
me that is the most ignorant thing anyone could say. That is pretty much giving
a nice thank you for your opinion however; we really do not care what you have
to say to us because you are just one person. I was always taught that one person has the
power to change the outcome of anything as long as they put their mind to it.
That is exactly what I am planning on doing with this letter. If one letter is
not good enough, perhaps I should ask those who believe in me and trust in me
that I can make any dream come true to advocate for me. However this is a start
and I am responsible for my own actions. There are plenty of other universities
out there yes I know, however the reason I am writing to yours is to recognize
the importance which you have had in my life. Something which I have strived
for many years and yet even when faced bumps along the way which hindered me
from successfully accomplishing certain goals I have never given up on
anything.
Despite
my low GPA in school I always work hard pursuing Advanced Placement courses
even though I knew I could achieve A’s in regular level courses to me what
mattered more is the education; the motivation to learn more and accomplish
more to satisfy my own hunger for knowledge. It is my desire to finish a Ph. D and to seek
answers to question which some of our greatest geniuses like Einstein or
Hawking could not answer and too look further and beyond the horizon of
limitation because like Calculus has taught me, for certain ideas the limit
does not exist or if it does it goes on to infinity, which is not just a number
but a place where we strive to reach for.
I have
always been taught from my business and from people that writing letters is sometimes
the most personal way of reaching out toward something you truly believe in.
That is why this letter is not a plea but rather a form of advocacy for me and others
who are mute and wish to be heard to recognize us. Despite the fact that we may
not be the valedictorians, despite the fact that we have not accomplished great
things yet, and despite the fact that sometimes potential is wasted especially
in times like ours were college is not affordable to those who had to change
priorities just to survive.
Along
the way I have be focusing on one question, “what is the bravest thing you have
ever done?” my answer to that is, wrote a letter to a prestigious college such
as yours not just to be acknowledged but at least be heard from the ones that
are mute. Rather than being focused on
one sunset be focused on the horizon which is much vaster than a point that’s limited.
In
best regards thank you for your time,
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