College Admissions Essay: The Life Lesson

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The Life Lesson

Over the past 2-3 years I’ve learned so much not only about myself but, about life in general. People always to be wise you have to be troubled and learn from your mistakes. I think I’m a lot more mature than most people. My perspective of life is based off of how I was raised. I was raised around hard working, independent people and I hope to be the same. However, I’ve had many mistakes while I’m still young. I was the one girl who hung out with the older people and lied to my parents. As many people know with older teenagers comes the bad the things. Some things I use to do I’m not proud of but, I’ve changed big time and it was for the best. My life lesson was the realization of what I was doing could result poorly in

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