Going to College
So when I was young in elementary school, I didn’t get good grades and I always feared failing, until I got to middle school. In middle school I started to do better because I really wanted to be smart. I even asked to go to summer school after the 6th grade. I would pray to God at night to take care of my family and to make me smart. When I was in elementary school there were a group of students who were part of the G.A.T.E. program and I always wanted to be smart like them. Then I applied to a middle college high school program, there are a bunch around the country, and that’s where I went for high school. When I was in high school, I was extremely motivated and I got mostly A’s. That’s when I realized that everybody is smart, just work hard, and you’ll be smart. Then I applied to colleges and went to UC Berkeley.