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College Admissions Essay: My Turning Point In My Life

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Everyone has certain turning points in their life. Some might has less than others, but they should have at least one. Thru the turning point, some people live whole different life that they had never expected before. I am one of them. I had never thought that I would be wanting to study fashion. I used to be one who doesn’t care anything about outfit, how I look to other. Going to shopping was wasting of time, and buying clothing was wasting of money. I asked my mom to buy me some clothes whenever I needed them. By this I mean when I grew up, so the clothes didn’t fit me anymore. Once I looked back and think about why I was like that. It was pretty understandable. I was luckily very gifted in math, so my parents with a gigantic expectation …show more content…

It was like the hidden interests that I had deep inside of me for last 20 years coming up like volcano in 2 semesters. I was spending most of my times with fashion, and I was spending more money on clothing than anything. Because I was only a student who receive a pocket money from parents, I couldn’t afford expensive clothes often, but I couldn’t cut my desire, so I started to look for qualities, because I would be able to wear it longer. As I started to look for qualities in clothing and bought things that are well known for their qualities, I was able to compare between my old garments that I bought only because it was famous, and the new one that I bought for great qualities; I was able to learn and see how overpriced the designer brands’ clothing were. It was very interesting. I could feel the differences, but I couldn’t express in words, due to rack of information. It was the first moment that I started to want to learn about clothes. I wanted to study about pattern making, yarn, fiber, fabrics, and sewing skills. I told my parents that I want to attend AAU or somewhat fashion school. I told them I would enter fashion school, even though I get accepted by MIT, and I believed it would be last chance for me to be able to change my life path. I knew my parents won’t be able to financially support me forever. There will be definitely a moment that I have to handle everything by myself, and at that time I wouldn’t be able to drop something I had been doing. My parents were very shocked about my decision. They thought I was well doing to become a future mechanical engineer, and they would never ever have thought of me wanting to become a fashion designer. They weren’t satisfied, but started to support my dream, because they knew how stubborn I

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