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SAMPLE QUESTION 2: What is the most challenging aspect of attending College for

you? What you have done to overcome that challenge?

After I graduated high school, I became certain that if I wanted to pursue a higher

education I needed to be persistent and determined to achieve my career aspirations.

However, I would not be at this level in my education without my mom's support. Without

having my father's emotional and economical assistance, she has learned how to provide

me with a decent quality of life. She works as a hair stylist in my hometown, but she knows

the money she earns is not enough to pay for my medical career. As a result, I search for

scholarships and job opportunities that could contribute to the achievement of my college

education and help pay for basic needs in our home.

I also believe that being an immigrant made my decision of attending to college more

challenging. I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico when I was sixteen years old. Luckily I

spoke English, but my mom and I did not really understand how the school system worked.

Therefore, when senior year of high school arrived I did not really understand the process

of attending college. I did not know that I had to talk to a school advisor about attaining a

college education or find scholarships to pay for school. I had no knowledge of the types of

tests that I had to take like the SATs, ACTs, or even college assessment exams. However,

after researching this information online and meeting with college advisors, my mom and I

have learned all of these strategies that help students accomplish a higher education.

One of the first things that I have done in order to overcome the challenge of being a

low-income student has been looking for a job. As I mentioned before my mom works as a

hair stylist, but in order for her to maintain our house and pay the bills, she also cleaned

houses for elderly people in our community. Since she worked so much in both jobs, I

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