Autobiography

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Autobiography
I am just another ordinary seventeen year old girl who has many dreams of going to college and becoming a success. I have many reasons for wanting to attend college which include: showing people that I can do anything that I set my mind to, bettering my future, myself, my life, and to also help my family and others. I sometimes don’t consider myself to be an ordinary teenager because I haven’t had the chance to fully experience what other people my age have. For example, I’ve never been to a football game and after winning gone out to eat with friends, had friends over my house to hang out or spend the night and to top it all off I don’t even know how to drive a car.
I have always been and consider myself to be a homebody. Not because I choose to, but because whenever my mom goes out, I am the one that has to stay home and watch my nieces and nephews who live at home with us. They range in age from two to ten, and it has not been fun or easy, but it has however, been a rewarding experience. By me staying at home with them made me realize that helping others, especially children is what I want to do in life. Aside from my life at home I am a great student. I have been a member of the Sam Houston Choir for four years, the managing editor of the school newspaper (The Raven), historian of Student Council, senior class representative of Principal’s Roundtable, publicity manager of the Photography Club, and committee member of Senior Class. By being a part of those clubs I had the opportunity to volunteer my time to wrap gifts for Elf Louise and help with the Beautification Project for Mission San Jose. I have maintained a 3.5 GPA, received scores of a 21 on the ACT and 1000 on the SAT. Along with that I am also a member of the National Honor Roll and Who’s Who Among American High School Students. With those accomplishments it shows that any student, especially from Sam Houston can be somebody if they put their mi...