College Application Essay
Option #4: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
************************* A place where I am perfectly content is on stage. Dancing, that is. On stage with the bright lights shining; and the spotlight shining on you. There is a rush of nerves and adrenaline that overcomes you before you go out. It is very nerve-wrecking, but the outcome is extraordinary. The feeling that you get after you spend so much time, perfecting every little detail in your dance, because at that point, your only goal seems to be is placing first place, but after you get out there and dance your heart and soul out and you put so much emotion into just one three-minute song; the only goal is that you felt good about the performance. As soon as you take your first step out on the stage, and you see everyone focusing their undivided attention on you, and you get in your 'ready position', the music starts and it's all on you. This may seem scary and unwelcoming to people, and trust me, my first couple competitions I did not want to go out there. Eventually I got over my nervousness and I was perfectly fine! With being on stage, performing so much in front of so many people, it has helped my conquer my fear of public speaking. It has helped me speak my mind and not being afraid of what people think of me. I have learned that there will be certainly people who will critique you and judge you. Like at a competition, some people will slur rude comments or even the judges will tell you a small detail that you messed up on. You have to keep a strong head when dealing with this. In life, no one will know what you want if you don't say so. It's that simple. At the end of the day, you can't count on other people to make your life for you, for example in a dance, say there's eight other girls in the dance and you're depending on your friend or partner and what if they mess up? Or what if their
************************* A place where I am perfectly content is on stage. Dancing, that is. On stage with the bright lights shining; and the spotlight shining on you. There is a rush of nerves and adrenaline that overcomes you before you go out. It is very nerve-wrecking, but the outcome is extraordinary. The feeling that you get after you spend so much time, perfecting every little detail in your dance, because at that point, your only goal seems to be is placing first place, but after you get out there and dance your heart and soul out and you put so much emotion into just one three-minute song; the only goal is that you felt good about the performance. As soon as you take your first step out on the stage, and you see everyone focusing their undivided attention on you, and you get in your 'ready position', the music starts and it's all on you. This may seem scary and unwelcoming to people, and trust me, my first couple competitions I did not want to go out there. Eventually I got over my nervousness and I was perfectly fine! With being on stage, performing so much in front of so many people, it has helped my conquer my fear of public speaking. It has helped me speak my mind and not being afraid of what people think of me. I have learned that there will be certainly people who will critique you and judge you. Like at a competition, some people will slur rude comments or even the judges will tell you a small detail that you messed up on. You have to keep a strong head when dealing with this. In life, no one will know what you want if you don't say so. It's that simple. At the end of the day, you can't count on other people to make your life for you, for example in a dance, say there's eight other girls in the dance and you're depending on your friend or partner and what if they mess up? Or what if their