Personal statement 4?5??

A great defining moment in my life was when I received the Bill and Melinda Gates Achievers Scholarship. I had planned to do like my big sister did, and attend community college for 2 years close to my hometown before transferring. The scholarship gave me the ability to choose a major sooner, and to pick from schools I would have never had the opportunity to go to. I chose Cornish College of the Arts to get my degree in Graphic Design. They provided me with an excellent stepping stone. The longer I went to college the more I realized I could not be satisfied with a career in almost anything. I know now I have to help people in some way that 8 hours I spend at work I want to be doing something for people, something to make their lives better, make the world better. There are many ways I could go about this with a law degree, their are so many facets of law that can be applied to my goal.

I feel out of place even thinking about law school. I grew up a small town, many of my friends dropped out of high school, or college. When I got my diploma I was the first out of my friends.

I started thinking about law during a class taught by Joseph Brotherton. I came to the realization shortly afterwards that I could do that, I could study law. The thought had just never occurred to me, like getting a degree in business or political science. It's nice to grow up and break out of the bounds you have mentally set for yourself.

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