Personal Statement: My American Dream

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Pages: 2

Jahnya Brown
Personal Statement / College Essay

Growing up, I constantly hear about the changes that I will go through and ways that life can easily change. I was constantly waiting for this change, expecting it to be bad or sad. Moving to America, I thought that this was the worst thing that happened. I have found my change. My mother constantly told me that this would be it, the better life with more opportunities. She strongly believes that we would achieve this infamous American dream. I was nervous and very excited I would be losing all of the friends that I have known in Jamaica or even when I lived in Ireland but I was also very excited because I would gain opportunities that I could not have had before. I would achieve my dream of becoming a trauma surgeon. I would do it all. And then I arrived. I met so many different people, they dressed differently and spoke in a different way. I loved the diversity. It was the one reason that I always enjoyed visiting New York City. I just hoped that I would love living there.
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On my first day of 8th grade, I made no friends and it took me a while to actually do so. I was the girl with the weird accent, it wasn’t exactly Jamaican, more so mixed with Irish. One that they never heard before. They used this to make fun of my words and they used any opportunity to make it known that I did not fit in with them. This just motivated me to work harder and show them that I did belong there. I befriended people who were outcasted like me and I tried to share my experiences with them and show others who felt the way that I did that they are better than any bullies. I wanted what was in all of the movies, the cool people from different backgrounds that lived in a peaceful