by Sherrondria Buchanan
(Dawson, GA USA)
Who Inspires You College Admission Essay - What is an inspiration? Literally, inspire means ‘to fill with breathe’. To me, inspiring someone is to provide them with motivation to do something positive.
by Kate Conroy-Voza
(Pitman, New Jersey, United States)
Example College Admission Essay - The Harry Potter series has been a huge part of my life since I was just six years old. I grew up learning and exploring with those characters, and they have influenced me more than anything else in the world. Hermione Granger in particular has always stood out to me as someone I can relate to and connect with. She has always been here for me, and she has been my motivation to keep moving forward through hard times.
I always knew Hermione and I were similar. Reading is my greatest pleasure, and the same can be said for Hermione. We have spent so many days in the library together, reading side by side. Hermione was like my best friend, and she and I were happy together, until things took a turn for the worse. In my junior year, I developed an eating disorder, and when it was exposed, I had to go to therapy for many months. I felt like I had lost everything; I didn’t even know who I was anymore. I was alone and scared, and it made me miserable. I didn’t think I could make it, and I just wanted everything to stop. I needed something, anything, to pick me up and make me see the great things I could do with my life if I was able to turn it around.
Hermione was there, even at my weakest points, to pump each breath from my lungs, to support me as I tried to walk to a better life. Hermione Granger is a proud Gryffindor, which means she is daring, strong, and “brave at heart”. I like to call myself a Gryffindor, and doing so has helped me survive. I just keep thinking, “I am a Gryffindor. Gryffindors can find the power in themselves to keep going. Hermione would tell me to keep going.” I know that if Hermione could see what I’ve done, she would say that I am a true Gryffindor. That is what keeps me alive, even when it seems like things will never get better.
Hermione will always be the most wonderful person I’ve ever had the pleasure to know. Even if she isn’t right next to me so that I could reach out and touch her, she is always with me, in my books and in my heart. I know to always be myself, but I was shaped by Hermione, and I will continue to let her guide me through every step of my time in this cold but beautiful world.
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