The road getting to UCLA was not as easy as people think. Now I am a student athlete and people assume I have it all. A scholarship for five years and earned a starting position on the most well-known softball programs across the nation. College is t
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The road getting to UCLA was not as easy as people think. Now I am a student athlete and people assume I have it all. A scholarship for five years and earned a starting position on the most well-known softball programs across the nation. College is t
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Posted by Ashlee King on October 15, 2009 at 5:57pm
During high school I traveled on a mission trip to Costa Rica. I was able to work with a poverty stricken community and help begin rebuilding the community both physically and socially. This experience opened my eyes to an often-overlooked underprivi
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Posted by Agafe Saguros on October 15, 2009 at 5:55pm
Being Filipino is probably the most influential and defining trait I posses. It has been the foundation of my career path, favorite type of food, culture, and my values. Growing up in a Filipino-centered home I was taught the essentials of living fru
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Renia PilikianSection 1CI’ve woken up several times from a dream that felt so real. Have you ever hoped it was reality? Well, I do what I do because I want to make that dream come true. I want to achieve something admirable. I do what I do to one day
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Callous has developed on my left hand, forming hard plates of skin on the fingertips. This is due to the constant pressing of steel guitar strings as I produce music, a common form of expression. Yet the physical pain in my fingers is not a hindrance
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Posted by Diana Chung on October 15, 2009 at 5:41pm
The most valuable lesson my mother taught me is to do what makes me happy. When she was younger, she worked only for the purpose of making money. She set aside her passions and to this day she regrets not pursuing them when she had the chance. After
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Posted by Ted Landers on October 15, 2009 at 5:41pm
My name is Theodore Joseph Landers but everyone just calls me Ted. Iam an 18 year old first year student-athlete (Football) at theUCLA. Although I play football and study at one of the most prestige’s schools in the nation these accolades are not wha
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I am an adventurer. I do things that require searching. I do this because life is meaningless unless you find your own purpose. We live in a world full of discovery, unknown mysteries, and new avenues. These concepts excite me and push me towards doi
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If someone asks me why do I do what I do, I may reply him/her that “ Because I just want to do it” without much thinking. However when I sit down and think deep about the question. The answer turns to be not that simple. It becomes complex and diffic
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Who am I? I’m still sorting that out, so get back to me in a few years for the whole picture. Fortunately, at the moment, I do have some of the puzzle pieces fitted together. For instance, I know I am an understanding girl. That’s kind of ironic thou
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Before we’re able to indulge in the question why –why do I do what I do –we must first identify the what –what exactly do I do. Answering this question might be a little complicated because one’s actions, what one does, makes that person who they are
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Who am I? Well that’s a tricky question to answer since I’m still figuring it out myself. But in my 19 years of life I have developed a pretty good idea of who I would like to be, and this image of my ideal self is what drives everything I do. Grante
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Devon LindvallArt & Art 10Winter16 October 2009Define MeI am Devon Lindvall, an eighteen-year-old female UCLA student. I am a product of my environment and surroundings, which brings out the different aspects and variety of my personality. I am a com
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Posted by Diana Dinh on October 15, 2009 at 5:15pm
I am an oyster and the world is my ocean. It has all of the sand in the world and I am at liberty to make as many pearls of wisdom and experience as I want. With all these opportunities coming at me, it’s hard sometimes to know exactly what’s happeni
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I am forever grateful that she decided to live the first part of her life infatuated with something that took complete control over her body and thoughts, drugs. Locked up inside of a room, unable to go outside and play, and breathing in the aroma of
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Everyone knows that turtles live in tanks! But not everybody knows all the gear that turtles come with! I certainly didn’t know how expensive a teeny little pet would be! Tank: thirty-five dollars; filter: fifty bucks; heater: another twenty; gravel,
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Posted by Lauren Jow on October 15, 2009 at 5:02pm
Mindfuck. “Pick up the rate,” he yells. The water is heavy, no one is in time, eyes shut against the torrential rain. “Faster.” I’m screaming inside – no, outside. Tears and rain in my eyes, a million curses in my head – this is my fastest, I’m going
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Posted by Rachel Lee on October 15, 2009 at 5:00pm
It’s not like I’ve never been asked this question before. I’ve heard it in some form or another. Like when people ask for me to describe myself, what my favorite activities are, and why I like to do them. And when I would answer these questions, the
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Because I need to be the best.Because I need to be successful.I am a very complex person, and there are a lot of different qualities, interests, and identities that I am proud to say make me who I am, Melissa Nabatian. However, I chose to not write a
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