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College Admissions Essay: Growing Up In High School

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Growing Up In life there is one thing that I have learned and that would be that in life you have to just grow up. When I first entered high school I did not take my classes real serious. I also learned that you need a good group of friends to keep you accountable at school, sports and in general life. There is many experiences that I have been through to help me learn and realize that you need grow up, have good friends and the old you get the more responsibilities you get.
The more that you live the more you need to grow up, you many not want to but you just have too. I have learned that you just need to suck it up and moved on, life is not stopping for you to cry about the small stupid things that happen to you. There is not time to sit …show more content…

They are always there to help you make it through the rough times and to celebrate with you in the good times. When growing up I never realized how important good friends were for life. When I was little I would just float around from friend groups and never really have a set friend and I thought it was pretty fun having lots of different friends, but as I entered high school I realized that you need good set friends. A good friend is the one you can tell everything that happened at school, make the occasional funny remark about the people at school, and just be stupid with. I learned that you need a good friend to make it through life. The bound that you make with them is unbreakable, you put so much trust in them and they always have your back no matter what, it is a good feeling knowing …show more content…

As you get older the more responsibilities you get, and the more things you have to give up. I have learned that in order to grow up you have to give up some fun things in life. This past summer I had to give up hanging out with friends and family so that I could work and make money. It was not fun at all giving up that stuff but it was a part of growing up. I have figured out that you have a a lot of responsibilities with you try to juggle; friends, family, sports, school, and a job to can be tough at times and that you will have to give up the fun things in life so you can stay in and do homework or go work. It sucks sometimes but it is just a part of growing up. But having to juggle all of those things has taught me to have a lot of responsibilities and that I need to make and keep my priorities straight

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