Students pass beneath Sather Gate and onto Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley.
Credit: Steve McConnell / UC Berkeley
With the summer ending, I am spending most of my time finishing work for summer classes while figuring out how to prepare for one of the most pivotal points in my high school career: college applications.
I am tired of endlessly watching videos of students who were accepted into prestigious universities, explaining what they did in high school to get accepted, ranging from engaging in cancer research under university professors to being the youngest person ever to obtain a Google internship.
Now, it’s my turn to go through the process. I’ve put it off long enough. It is time to write the first draft of my college essay.
I opened up my document in Google Docs, filled with a list of random ideas I curated to fit the personal insight questions from the university. I typed away on my keyboard, only to end up…
