a college application

[CubeMelonClock]

I am, and always have been, an artist. Everything about art appeals to me: inspiration, conceptualization, the often overlooked sensation of a pencil scratching against the grain of a piece of paper, and most of all earning the unmatched feeling of pushing yourself beyond your previous limits to reach something greater.

Among the earliest memories I have of my childhood is of me watching the Jetsons and Scooby Doo on Cartoon Network at the age of three. Cartoons were fascinating to me, and by the age of five I started having thoughts about creating my own. It was an inner itch that would flare up whenever I watched my favorite shows. Inevitably, reruns became frequent and while watching the same shows over and over I began to make the mental crossover from watching cartoons to studying animation. The mechanics behind animation became my focus. How are cartoons made? That became my question, and my way of answering it was a matter of watching cartoons over and over, reasoning through concepts like "frames" and the "illusion of motion." I did not know the terminology, but I understood the concepts. At around that same time, I took an art class in which I was taught how to make a simple two-frame flip-book. I remember my subject choice being fish swimming among waving seaweed. Other than simply drawing, making these simple flip-books became my main preoccupation. It was not long before I began doodling all over my homework planners and creating fifty-page flip-books featuring simple stick figures dancing, fishing, or exploding.

I continued to draw, and improve my artistic skills, but the idea of actually finding a career in animation did not make itself completely clear to me until I was In my sophomore year at Penn Manor High School. I took a computer animation class instructed by one of the most influential people in my life: Mr. Shawn Canady. He gave me the fundamental knowledge, the encouragement, and the freedom to create my very first animation: a two minute forty-five second short labeled For the Ducks. It had a simple story, and the animation was crude by professional standards, but it was mine -- I had finally created my own cartoon. I had spent hours of constant work creating that animation, and there was not anything professional about it, but I loved it. To me it was absolutely the most beautiful piece of work that I had created to that day. I went on to take two independent study in computer animation classes with Shawn. During that time he pushed me toward a greater future. He encouraged me to test myself through competitions including the TSA competition for animation and game design, both in which I earned first place on the regional level. With his help, I also entered into the PA Computer Fair where I achieved first place in the category of desktop publishing. I had figured out exactly what I wanted to do with my life.

I believe that in order to get the most out of life a person has to do what they love, and have the raw effort and passion to take themselves as far as they possibly can. I absolutely love being an artist, and passion and determination are of abundant supply in my life. I have no doubt that these attributes will drive me to a great future. I will push myself to create today what I could not create yesterday. I aim to earn that feeling of surpassing myself everyday, and I want it to do it in a place that will keep me driven toward challenging myself: Drexel University.

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[HotPocketClock]

Needs more cowbell.

[Marlin Clock]

You not have any parents/elders to read this to, or are you just telling us you want to be an artist?

[CubeMelonClock]

You not have any parents/elders to read this to, or are you just telling us you want to be an artist?

I just love you guys <3

[CubeMelonClock]

the best way to get into college/university is to tell them how mediocre you are at the major you're applying for


dear columbia, im not very good with biology but i will try really hard to become a doctor!

I think you are on to something. I at least have to rethink how to write the opening paragraph with the general idea being "I'm not yet a master, but I'm going to be" followed by demonstrating what leads me to believe that I have what it takes to become something great in my field. I don't want to make it sound like "I suck at math, but I really want to be a physicist" sort of thing, it's supposed to give the idea that "I am good at what I do, but I'm not completely at the top yet which is why I'm going to your school."

[CubeMelonClock]

ok, I rewrote it with your suggestions in mind, triangle.

I have to be honest, I am completely happy with the current draft.

[Binocular]

It's physically impossible for me to read walls of text, but It looks good. I guess.

[YoYoClock]

You sound like a big faggot. but thats the kind of crap that gets you into college and so for that I think it is very good. I had to sound like a faggot like that about computer science and I just got offers from all my five universities

[K3LTR0N]

Make sure you keep the word mooi in there.

[Beret]

awesome

[CubeMelonClock]

You sound like a big faggot.

That's not mere coincidence, sir.