I’m an eighteen year old Chinese American teenager who’s been living in NYC my entire life. I’m generally a pretty happy and humorous person even in the worst of times. I enjoy keeping smiles on my family and friends. I’m one of three children with two sisters. Family is the most important thing in my life. Dying is the thing that scares me the most. Success for myself and my family is what makes me really happy. School has been very tiring for me and full of work. My inspiration to try this hard comes from my rejection letter to my first choice college. That event had a huge impact on my life and made me want to try harder in life, so I’m extremely grateful for the experience.
The only other time I felt this much motivation to work was at my high school swim team’s championship meet where I took first place for my 50-free event. This event made me feel empowered. Overall, I want to become really successful one day, so successful that I can give back to others and become a distinguished philanthropist. I hope Baruch will be my successful medium to reach these goals.
