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College Admissions Essay: Mac's Volleyball Team

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Life as a highlander has been treating me very well so far. In just the short 2 months that I have been at Mac, I have grown so much as a person. I have found things out about myself that i don't think I would have realized if I would not have come to Mac. I have also grown as a student. I considered myself a pretty good student in high school. However, the things I did in high school doesn't cut it for college. I have had to work a lot harder here and have had to pick up some more skills that only the valedictorians in my high school had.

I have flourished at Mac when it comes to my social life. In high school I wasn't very social, I had my group of friends and that is about it. That was my biggest challenge when I first got here. I was …show more content…

My volleyball team means the world to me. To be completely honest, when I committed here I didn't think that I was going to be super close with the volleyball team. I knew that we had to be together a lot, but I didn't think that they were going to become my family. On all of my previous volleyball teams, half of my teammates didn't even get along. Let alone become really good friends. However, thats not the case for Mac’s volleyball team. There is no drama on the team. That’s probably because our mom, Coach D, would make us run miles or scream in our faces if there was any drama. For the most part I don't feel like I have any forced friends ships though, everyone genuinely cares about each other. That was probably the most comforting thing about being apart of this family. Because they cared they have helped me get through things that I didn't think I could get through while I have been here. I did not know what to do with my self when some things popped up in my personal life to be honest. I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. My volleyball girls were there for me and held me up when I didn't think I could take it any more. Everyone around campus talks about “MacFam” and I truly feel like I am apart of that because of this special bond that I have made with the volleyball

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