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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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can somebody revise my common app essay please?

I was born to two loving parents who worked on a small farm in an even smaller village. My parents were not ignorant to the struggles of life and therefore knew that staying in Poland would not lead to the brightest future for our large family. They dreamed of giving us more. One day, they saved up enough courage to submit an application for the green card lottery, the winning application. I can still remember the day my dad burst through the door with the news.
Arriving in America was the best, but without a doubt, scariest experience of my life. My parents, myself, and all seven of my siblings crowded into an old rickety apartment in Passaic, New Jersey. It is not easy to leave everything behind and come into a new country where everyone spoke in an alien-like language. My siblings and I enrolled in the public school system and gave it our all, I recall being incredibly frustrated with pronouncing cinnamon, and the feeling of pride when I succeeded. For countless hours my parents worked at menial jobs for mediocre wages to support us. On occasion, we even had to steal clothes to get by. Knowing it was wrong, I told myself that one day I would make up for what we did.
As time went on, my parent’s jobs began paying more. We stopped stealing and moved from that shabby, cramped apartment into a suburban Garfield. After saving an incredible amount of money we were able to relocate into the upper middle-class suburb of North Haledon, which we live in today. Inspired by all that my parents have sacrificed to give their children, I intend to become a first generation college student who overcame adversity and pursued the American Dream.
  

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Anonymous I was born to two loving parents who worked on a small farm in an even smaller village. I have only two pieces of advice. 1.

  • Anonymous I was born to two loving parents who worked on a small farm in an even smaller village.
  • I have only two pieces of advice.
  • 1.
  • Fix this first sentence.
  • Considering that the farm was in the village, it's logically impossible for the village that contained it to be smaller than the farm, but that's what you're saying.
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AnonymousI was born to two loving parents who worked on a small farm in an even smaller village.
I have only two pieces of advice.

1. Fix this first sentence.

Considering that the farm was in the village, it's logically impossible for the village that contained it to be smaller than the farm, but that's what you're saying.

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CalifJim2. Leave out references to theft.
I agree. You can buy clothes for less than $1 at garage sales, or get clothes for free at some charities.

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