Strong Application Personal Essay: Discuss an accomplishment, event or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and new understanding of myself and others.

i wanted to write this event/realization for my essay: I’ve had an on and off relationship with my mom as I’ve grown older, havent had much time to spend with her as I’m constantly studying for school. Last year in December she suffered a bad accident while skiing, breaking her wrist and tearing her ACL which significantly brought us closer together as Ive had to take care of her as her surgeries went on. i think mentioning that and just the realization of growing up and realizing my parents’ sacrifice for me and mentioning SPECIFICALLY how it motivated me to be better and do better in every aspect of my life is a good route. make sure you spend only a brief amount of time explaining the context (aka the situation, extra details, etc) and the rest should be purely how it affected me, my mindset, my relationships, and my perspective/approach on life and education. when you mention what I learned from these experiences, you want to make sure to be very specific – for example: saying “i learned to be resilient, i learned to be grateful” and vague things like that are much too cliche. I want you to elaborate even further, delve deeper, and make sure every single line in my essay packs a punch and has significant impact on the entirety of my essay. mention that i did have a bit of an on and off relationship with my mom due to having to spend time studying for school, but the accident put into perspective the importance of family and the fragility of life, how lucky i am to have great parents, how it rejuvenated my relationship with my parents, realizing all the little things they did for me, packing my lunch, driving me to school, possibly giving up on their own dreams and personal endeavors so that i can chase my own dreams… etc (but in more detail, i’m just tryna list out some general ideas to include). emphasize the emotionality of their sacrifices since they immigrated from Bulgaria for a better life. Explain how it built my work ethic, perseverance, motivation, how I’ll apply that in college, how I’ll spread that strength to others. Basically briefly mention the accident/taking care of my mom, how this made me feel (briefly) –then spend alot of time elaborating on how this changed and affected every aspect of my life, tying in how these lessons/skills I learned will apply in my education/future also later mention how I learned adaptability/versatility/resilience.