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The world i come from is beautiful and in a wonderful neighborhood, this had made me realize that if i want anything like this i have to work hard, just to get close to where i started from. This environment is both amazing and torture it's amazing because you look down the street and you see the beach but you then realize once you're 18 you will probably never get back to this point. Although i hope to never leave my home i know i will have to because i will be leaving my mom and my sister as while as the rest of my family. my life revolves around a couple of things family, fishing and offroading, I hope to be able to do all these things for ever but they all involve getting back to my home town. My family appears to be perfect mostly perfect but they are far from it, i realize i'm lucky to know most of my family but most of them i wish i would never have to take their criticism, never have to take their problems and make them my own, but they are my family and i would never abandon them. My family is both the place where i find happiness and hell but where i come from you never abandon them. I’m the kind of person who can manage to have fun in lots of situations but knows that there is a time and a place for everything.
2. Personal Statement
I lived all my life in San Diego, California, coming from a Sicilian and English background. My grandparents had immigrated to America in 1966 and from then on lived the American dream. Working hard is essential to living up to the American dream, nothing comes easy in life and that is what I have been taught ever since I was old enough to understand right from wrong. Going to college is an opportunity for learning and will be the foundation of the direction of my life. I want to go to college to make a difference in this country and the University of San Francisco provides the education for me to succeed in the field of politics.
Being involved in politics means that you have the obligation and opportunity to change the lives of many citizens, and that is what is inspiring to me. In 1961 John F. Kennedy stated during his inaugural address, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” This speech was one of the shortest inaugural addresses, yet one of the most inspiring in all of American history. This is what inspired me to pursue politics as a career. The University of San Francisco offers a great political science program, but not only the program makes me love your school, but your diversity. USF has one of the most diverse student bodies in the United States. I love to meet people of different ethnic backgrounds from myself, and your college can provide that. Also your school is located in one of the best cities in the United States. I love San Francisco, and visit to the City by the Bay two to three times a year. I have family in the bay area who have lived there for many years, so San Francisco is a home away from home to me. I am also looking forward to being a Catholic parishioner at your church. I am a Catholic devoted to my religion, and love how you guys can bring me a church in my favorite city. Your school wants leaders, and I think that I am qualified to bring you a leader in the Catholic church, student body, and hopefully the future president showing his alma mater pride in his campaign.