College Essay

When you leave Notre Dame, what is one way you will bravely face the world, stay true to your values, and make a difference large or small?

If I were to leave Notre Dame I would use all of the things I have learned in all of my years starting from kindergarten to now and accept anything that comes my way. I would have many values but those values can change me and I would probably change those values as well. I will make a big difference with all the strength I have.

One way I would bravely face the world is accept anything that comes my way. If there was anything that I had learned is that with enough effort, you will be rewarded with something in the end good or bad. In some situations you can luck out, there are a variety of things that will happen and whether it be good or bad, I think I should be open to all the things that can happen no matter what it is because the world is full of surprises and infinite opportunities awaiting each person and picking the right ones will lead to a great life.

Staying true to my own values is hard to describe because the only things I value is taking care of myself along with others. One of my teachers was the one to say "What do you care about?" I answered family and friends. He said that if anyone said any kind of person that was a good answer. The reason was people can dictate you and can lead you to good when you're doing bad and lead you to bad when you're doing good. Good or bad I will stay with the decision to care about people because they are the only people who can bring you back when you're doing bad but you never know how to bring yourself back from the bad if you can't trust someone who can lead you on a good decision.

One reason I am completely confident in making a big difference to many people is that I imagine my decisions as a line graph, consistent and subject to change. Everyone has different variables in their equations and some may not be consistent as others but it will lead somewhere big. You may have a complex equation that takes a little more time to work itself out or an easy one that takes seconds to graph but when you decide on the variables that are in your equation it will have a point on the graph and it will move up or down or stay the same every time no matter what. As long as I make small differences it will lead to a big difference in the end or if I make a big decision it may be harder to keep up and harder to stay consistent. I will decide things that make me comfortable and will make me slowly go up. I am confident in my abilities to do this and I think I am capable of making a difference starting from small to big.