Top Law Schools

salsahips wrote:When I started college I was angry, bored, and lazy. I was angry because my dad, an Army reservist, was shipped off to duty in Iraq, leaving me at the age of fifteen to work 30 hours a week and take care of my very young siblings. I was bored because I did not have an intellectual passion and, to be frank, was a bit depressed. I was lazy because I thought, at 18, I could make an impact without applying myself in college. College was just a box to check off and I had missed some of my youth when my dad went to war.

By the Summer of 2008 I had accumulated a 1.75 GPA and was still knocked down when FIU kicked me out. What a wake up call. I have possessed an array of interests ever since I was a child, yet I could not figure out which interest to pursue. That summer I did some soul searching and realized my lack of interest stemmed from a lack of direction and focus. I had always known I wanted to make a real difference in the world, but my big dreams had no direction. In the Fall of 2008, I decided to move to Gainesville to start fresh. I set a definitive goal for myself; I wanted to study law. I had always been fascinated by the law and aware of the important impact that lawyers can make on society. I came to see lawyers as social engineers, and that is exactly what I wanted to be.

I have grown and matured, and I have learned to appreciate the very real power of long term vision. I had the same skills and abilities in Gainesville as I had in Miami, but a fire had been lit in my heart and I felt the passion to succeed like never before. This is not a tale of two men. This is a story of one man finding his better self.